As we draw closer and closer to election day, both Donald Trump’s and Hillary Clinton’s campaigns are still just as surprising as they were when they began. As I am sure you all have heard, FBI director James Coney has decided to reopen and reinvestigate the Hillary Clinton email scandal that has already been thoroughly investigated earlier in the year. With all this added pressure on her plate, Hillary can’t budge with her campaign. She has to continue to work through adversity and gain her votes.
Ms. Clinton’s past rhetoric of attempting to paint a picture to her middle-class audience by telling a heartfelt and somber story of how she was brought up in a working, middle class family was effective at the time, it isn’t as useful anymore. This might have hit home with some voters, or at least up until Clinton said she was far removed from the middle class. With the reopening of the email case, she is losing fans and more importantly valuable votes from the middle class of our nation. Hillary just has to stick to her guns and not give up, especially with Trump being more favored than her in some of the polls and election websites.
Clinton’s best bet in not losing anymore votes from the middle class is to continue to attack Donald Trump. One effective strategy that she has previously done is openly bash him about his treatment and how he considers women. In this advertisement paid for by the Clinton Foundation, Hillary appeals to the feelings of her audience, particularly her female audience. Trying to make Trump appear unfit and unstable, in my opinion, is the only hope that Hillary Clinton has at this point to turn the odds back in her favor.