Hillary Clinton’s campaign centers on bridging “the gap between the rich and poor” and portray her as someone who “understands the plight of the average working class”. In order to gain the support and votes of the middle class, Clinton has continually tried to portray herself as someone who grew up in a middle class lifestyle. She claims to know what the middle class is going through and is “vowing to fight for the middle class”. Clinton is one of the wealthiest people and “got that way profiting off of public service”. She claims to want to fight for the middle class but that is who she seems to be taking the money from. She may identify as a middle class citizen but her and her husband’s net worth of 52.7 million dollars, states otherwise. I guess it just depends on your definition of middle class.
She has not had an easy time trying to connect because she does live such an extravagant lifestyle. For example, she wore a jacket that was over $12,000 to a speech she gave about inequality. As much as she tries to relate to the middle class, her attempts do not seem to go the way she intends them to. This seems to be where the disconnect lies between Clinton and the middle class. Her actions do not reflect her words or the spirit of which she centers her campaign on, which can lead people to believe that she is not a trustworthy candidate for president.
I thought this was a very informative post about the issues that Clinton has to overcome to sway the votes of the middle class. You used great claims and backed those claims up with even better evidence!