7 day countdown: With 7 days to go, both candidates are using their every effort to gain voters of all ages, races and genders. Most importantly, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are using their campaigns last push to gain the millennial voter to either be Stronger Together or join the Trump Train. With October surprises popping up regularly in the last two weeks of the campaign season, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are trying to make their best, and final, comebacks to prove their trustworthiness, fitness, and abilities to serve as the next President of the United States.
October surprise: A big October surprise was released this past weekend, which revealed that the FBI is reopening the investigation on Hillary Clinton and her email scandal. I figured, along with many other young voters, that the email scandal was at the end of its road and that it would not be an investigation that would ever be reopened. But, over the weekend, the FBI claimed they sound significant reasoning behind reopening the Hillary email scandal investigation. In her last week of campaigning, this investigation could make her or break her. It is now time for Hillary to come back from a huge scandal if she wants to win over the millennial voters.
Hillary is still winning: Rhetorically, Hillary is still winning in the polls. But, because of her latest email scandal the polls could quickly change. According to this article, the Democratic early vote has dipped in comparison to the Obama election years, while the Republican early vote has increased since the McCain and Romney elections.
Millennial support surged: But, just as we thought this October surprise ruined Hillary’s chances on winning the millennial vote, according to this article, Hillary’s millennial voting numbers have surged. Apparently, Hillary’s lead in the millennial polls is up by two points in comparison to Donald Trump’s millennial vote. According to this article Hillary has actually gained millennial votes this past month, and they are not from young women. The majority of Hillary’s millennial votes are from millennial-aged men. The article states that her millennial vote from men is actually 11 points higher than President Obama’s same demographic during the 2012 election.
WikiLeaks stance: On the other hand, this article explains exactly why the millennial vote will fail due to the email scandal and reopening of the email investigation. According to the article, Clinton has failed to garner a significant amount of millennial support…and the WikiLeaks files have not helped her gain more young voters.
Encouraged the Trump Train: According to this article , this October surprise may have altered young Hillary voters to become Trump voters. The article claims that the latest email scandal has encouraged the Trump campaign because young voters can, again, be faced with the question of “which candidate is trustworthy and honest?” Being viewed as trustworthy by American citizens, by far, has been Hillary’s biggest issue to overcome.
How to overcome her battle: Hillary will have to focus on making American trust her again. She must continue her stance that the FBI should release all of the information they have. She will continue fighting for millennials through her campaigning on climate control, abortion rights, and free education. But, as of right now, her biggest issue is to gain trust and show her honesty due to this latest October surprise.
Coming to a halt: Clearly, media outlets show different stories and not one can be trusted to show the real time results. With October (and hopefully October surprises) over, the two campaigns are coming to a halt. As a nation we are so close, yet so far. There is a lot of investigation and campaigning to be done between November 1st and November 8th. Our country will have to wait 7 more days to see which candidate gains the majority of the millennial vote and which candidate grasps the position of the President of the United States.