We’ve all seen the memes floating around about how Trump and Clinton argued like our parents do over directions on the way to our weird Uncle Larry’s house for Thanksgiving. Trump shouted, sniffled, and made sure he was heard while Clinton nodded her head, gave a cheeky soft smile, and thought of a comeback. Nielson estimated that nearly 80 million people tuned in and watched (or cringed) at the debate. So what are the polls saying after the debate?
Well, it is pretty obvious that the polls aren’t in favor of business man turned presidential candidate Donald Trump. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he said, “it could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400lbs” when referring to who was behind the DNC hack. Or maybe it was Clinton mentioning, one of the worst things he has said about women, referring to Trump calling former Miss USA winner Miss Piggy and Miss Housekeeping because she was Latina. And when he called in on Fox and Friends to try and dispute this claim all he had to say for himself was, “and she was the worst we ever had, the worst, the absolute worst… She gained a massive amount of weight, and it was a real problem.”
The only REAL problem I see here is for Mr. Trump and his diminishing polls. He has consistently had a problem getting support from female voters and the incidents after the debate certainly aren’t prompting women to go down to the voting station and check the box for Mr. Trump.
The upcoming debates will be crucial for Trump and his standing in the polls. But, will Trump make changes to his harsh rhetorical strategies in order to win over voters or will he continue down the same slipper slope that put him at the bottom of the polls post debate?