With almost 20% of states being considered “toss up-states” according to the Daily Wire, there is a lot of chance surrounding next month’s presidential election. As of yesterday, there are 9 states that sit on the fence between the two leading presidential candidates which leaves 113 electoral votes up for grabs. While this could be a time for Trump to leverage influence and woo potential voters, it seems to be used instead as a time to increase mocking of one of the most questionable candidates America has ever seen. Rhetorically, Trump doesn’t get to control his polls because the media is controlling it for him based off of the careless things that come out of his mouth. His communication is abrasive and the communication about his actions is absolute mockery.
Trump’s need to improve his poll numbers has recently been used a source of entertainment for shows like The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Fallon impersonating Trump begs the character Madea, and other famous characters including a caricature of Hillary Clinton to vote for him in the upcoming election. The parody includes jokes about Trump’s falling poll numbers as well has his tiny hands.
In light of my other post, speaking to the fact that Trump seems to disregard the polls, he wasn’t helped in that area of perceived flippancy when a video of a provocative conversation from 2005 surfaced last week. In the video Trump spent some time talking with a buddy and extensively degraded women. When confronted about it during the debate he referred to it as “locker room talk” and that it didn’t represent his character. While Trump seemed to have some feelings of regret about this lewd conversation, his apologia speech seemed cold- and he used it as an outlet to bring up mistakes of Hillary and Bill Clinton which practically negates the apology after all. This speech was also a point of mockery for late night television- making Trump seem more and more like a monkey in the world of politics.
Between the mockery that Trump seems to walk right into and continually putting his foot in his mouth when it comes to every situation- Trump has a lot of work to do repairing and maintaining his image before he can do anything about the polls besides pray.
Due on Sunday, edited after global feedback.
I enjoyed reading your post. I like that you point out Jimmy Fallon’s parody on the situation because I think it well addresses how many are viewing the current election – with a lack of seriousness. Why do you think Trump carries on with his campaign ignoring the drastic polls?