As the days and nights until November begin to wind down, the presidential race is all but winding down. Unlike Trump, Mrs. Clinton is rapidly losing middle-class votes and being that the middle class accounts for most of the votes in the election, this is something that she cannot afford to happen. Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump is decreasing by the date and her chance of winning the presidency is becoming slimmer and slimmer.
In order to appeal to gain the potential votes of the middle class, Mrs. Clinton used a blatant contrast between her father and Donald Trump’s father by saying that Donald was given a head start in life because his father was a “wealthy real estate developer.” Clinton then went on to say how her grandfather was an American factory worker and her father was a small businessman made her a “product of the American Middle Class.” This method to gain back voters from the middle class isn’t nearly as effective as providing statistics and benefits that one might gain from a Clinton presidency.
In her days in the senate, Hillary Clinton continued to claim that she was opposed to raising taxes on the middle class, but she constantly voted to raise them anyway. In 2008 however, Clinton voted to raise taxes on single people who were making as little as $41,500, and on married families that were making $83,000. Hillary thinks that she can slide her way around this issue, but unlike her emails, there is no way to erase the voting records.
If we are being honest here, Hillary Clinton hasn’t been associated with the middle class in close to thirty long years. Through her stories of her childhood and her families occupations growing up, a sense of ethos is established within the voting audience that can prove to be effective in gaining votes. But on the other hand, her taxing methods and proposals are absolute asinine when a voter looks back upon her senate days and sees how untrustworthy of a person that she is. Though unorthodox, Mrs. Clinton’s Rhetoric is proving to be effective in the election. This should make up for an interesting end to the 2016 presidential election.
I agree with your point about her methods for gaining the middle class vote as not being extremely effective. I also really liked your third paragraph about her voting for raising taxes even though she continually says she is against that. I think that shows that her actions do not reflect her words and portrays her as someone who is untrustworthy. I think that brings up some really good points about her lack of success about identifying herself with the middle class.