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Kayley McIntyre: Why Donald Trump is Unfit for the White House

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Kayley McIntyre: Why Donald Trump is Unfit for the White House

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As we all know, tensions have been high over the last few months due to a nationally recognized topic; the presidential election. Hillary deleted emails and Trump is busy deporting immigrants and making fun of disabled reporters. I haven't voiced much of an opinion on this election because of the aggression and hatred surrounding the whole thing, and according to adults I have spoken with and a variety of other sources, this election has single-handedly divided this country far more so than any other. In the end, in my opinion, America was heading down a bad path anyway, but we also managed to pick the greater of the two evils running for office.
The first reason I believe Donald Trump is unfit is because of the way he acts in public. He has been rude and disrespectful to women on a variety of occasions and there is plenty of evidence all over the media to support this. For example, in an article from USA Today, actress Marlee Matlin described an encounter with Mr. Trump in which he made derogatory comments toward her, called her names, and mocked her voice on his show Celebrity Apprentice. Yes, he may be wealthy, but that doesn't exclude him from needing to treat others with respect. Women have come forward in light of his candidacy and reported counts of sexual assault against him. There have been accounts of him disrespecting women from 1990 until now in 2016. He is degrading to women, and it is very surprising to see so many females voting for him.
Mr. Trump also does not think about what he says before he says it. As the president of the United States, he will need to create good relationships with other countries leaders and make important decisions on behalf of all of the citizens of the US. While doing this, he cannot act the way he has been in the election. He cannot be racist and he has to understand compromise. He can't condone violence and act out any longer.
The United States is a melting pot full of many different people from a variety of cultures, and I don't think he understands this. He has promised to build a wall on the border of Mexico to keep out the "unwanted" illegal immigrants. He wants to deport illegal and even legal citizens from other countries. Before he was elected, he accused them of being racists and dangerous, and afterward, he said they were terrific people. It seems that Mr. Trump said whatever he needed to to get into the White House. Even if he tried to carry out his promise, extensive measures would need to be taken. According to an article by New York Times, Mr. Trump claimed on an episode of 60 Minutes that he wanted to deport 2-3 million immigrants out of the US. As brought up in the article, the extensive measures needed for this would be having a crew of investigators searching cities and states looking for these people, antagonizing them, and getting information on every person. This is profiling, and that is illegal. Put this way, he makes it sound like a similar situation to Nazi Germany in the 1940's.
Apart from the moral reasons I think Mr. Trump is unfit, I also disagree with some of his policies such as his stand on abortion and gun laws. But, overall, I don't think ALL of his ideas are too crazy. In the end, though I may not like him, I do hope that he succeeds in office and makes the U.S. a better place. Americans voted from him and he won fair and square so obviously someone somewhere thought he was the best choice. In the end, I believe Hillary would've been a better choice, but I certainly do not hope Mr. Trump fails.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/donald-trump-deport-immigrants.html?ref=politics&_r=0

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/22/actress-matlin-trump-upfit-presidency/92610188/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-elect-trump-says-how-many-immigrants-hell-deport/

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Why Donald Trump is Unfit for the White House

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As we all know, tensions have been high over the last few months due to a nationally recognized topic; the presidential election. Hillary deleted emails and Trump is busy deporting immigrants and making fun of disabled reporters.

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Danielle Stalnecker: The Future of America

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Danielle Stalnecker: The Future of America

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http://daniellestalnecker.blogspot.com/

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Griffin Weidler: Electoral College vs. Popular Vote

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Griffin Weidler: Electoral College vs. Popular Vote

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http://gweidler5.blogspot.com/2016/11/electoral-college-vs-popular-vote.html

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Grant Haus: Electoral College or Popular Vote?

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Grant Haus: Electoral College or Popular Vote?

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http://ghaushcommskills10.blogspot.com/2016/11/electoral-college-or-popular-vote.html

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Krystal Leung: Should the Electoral College be amended?

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Krystal Leung: Should the Electoral College be amended?

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http://krystalelectioneditorial.blogspot.com/2016/11/should-electoral-college-be-amended.html

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Danielle Stalnecker The Future of America

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Danielle Stalnecker The Future of America

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https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7234128733230421903#editor/target=post;postID=4576888621780243759;onPublishedMenu=overview;onClosedMenu=overview;postNum=0;src=postname

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Sara Boyer // Electoral College or Popular Vote? 

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Sara Boyer // Electoral College or Popular Vote? 

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http://hcommskills10sb.blogspot.com/

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Electoral College or Popular Vote?

The Electoral College is the past, and the present official way of electing the President, but is the popular vote better? The Electoral College is current way of electing the President of the United States, but how does it work? The way that the Electoral College works is that each state gets a certain number of votes, the people who represent the votes are the senators (2), and the House of Representatives (the number of representatives depends on the state's size). The popular vote is when people vote for which candidate they would like to be elected for the President of the United States. Using the popular vote tells us which candidate wins which states. An example of this could be if one candidate won 75% of the popular vote in California, and the other candidate won 25% of the popular vote in California, therefore, the candidate that had 75% of California's votes would win the state of California. I believe that the Popular Vote is the better way of electing the President because it allows people to directly choose who they want to be the next President of the United States.

I believe that the popular vote vote is the better than the Electoral College simply because it eliminates the 1 person, 1 vote rule. In the article "10 Reasons Why the Electoral College Is a Problem" it says that "The Electoral College system further distorts the one-person, one-vote principle of democracy because electoral votes are not distributed according to population." (Black). The one person, one vote rule is basically eliminated due to the Electoral College. The way that it is eliminated is because some votes don't even count. An example of this is if a candidate loses a state, their votes don't mean anything. This is one of the reasons why I think that the popular vote is better than the Electoral College. Also, the popular vote allows the one person, one vote rule to actually make sense and work. It does this by allowing each vote to count, for each person who votes.

Another reason why the popular vote is better than the Electoral College is because the candidates just focus on the big states that can make or break the election. In "Shafted by the Electoral College" it talks about how only one big state like California can change for the overall vote for the candidates. In this article, it said "No more than 11 states are deemed worthy of significant attention." (Chapman). This affects the smaller states because they are not getting visited, which makes it more difficult for the voters to chose who they want to vote for because all they can listen to is what the news channels tell them. Overall, this is bad. This causes some people to not form their own opinions. Instead, they just following along with the others around them.

Although I believe that the Popular Vote is still better than the Electoral College, the Electoral College is better in some ways. The Electoral College helps against bad things that could happen like voter fraud, which can be found in the "Benefits of the Electoral College" article. What this article basically said about voter fraud is that if there wasn't a Electoral College and the popular vote was the way of electing the President, the overall vote would be affected (Virginian-Pilot). Another reason why the Electoral College is helpful is because you can't win the Electoral College by only focusing on one region. An example of this would be that you can't just focus on the South, and not do anything with the North and expect to win. Overall, I think that the Electoral College does have some benefits over the popular vote, but it still doesn't do as much good as the popular vote would.

So, in the end, I still strongly believe that the popular vote is the better choice over the Electoral College. The popular vote allows the 1 person, 1 vote rule to still take place. It also allows the candidate to go to more states than just the "battleground" states. Overall, I believe that the popular vote should be the way to go, and the Electoral College should be eliminated because of the reasons stated above.

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Should the Electoral College or the Popular Vote be the way to choose the President of the United States?

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Electoral College or Popular Vote? The Electoral College is the past, and the present official way of electing the President, but is the popular vote better? The Electoral College is current way of electing the President of the United States, but how does it work?

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Vivian Ly: Is the Electoral College Still Effective?

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Vivian Ly: Is the Electoral College Still Effective?

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http://commskills10.blogspot.com/

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Kiley Bender: Is the Electoral College a Fair Way of Electing the President? 

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Kiley Bender: Is the Electoral College a Fair Way of Electing the President? 

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http://kileywrites.blogspot.com/

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Should the Electoral College or the Popular Vote be the way to choose the President of the United States?

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Should the Electoral College or the Popular Vote be the way to choose the President of the United States?

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http://andrewsipos.blogspot.com/2016/11/should-electoral-college-or-popular.html

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The media coverage of the 2016 presidential election was an issue and was not as efficient as it has been in the past. The media did not prepare people for the results of the election and did not cover each candidate equally. An article from The Washington Post said,"The first thing that jumped out at us when we started examining our data was the sheer number of headlines in which Donald Trump's name appeared. (Sides)" Later in the article, it proceeded to say that most of the media coverage Trump received was negative. This showed me that Trump got more negative attention, so people would naturally believe that Hillary Clinton had a greater chance of winning. This left people unprepared for a Trump victory. In another article, from USA Today, a man named Bill Sternberg said, "The clues were there all along. They should have made me question the polls. (Sternberg)" This shows that Americans were not ready for the results of the election and the media was not covering the candidates equally.

The media also did not prepare people for Trump's victory because most media sources were favoring Clinton to win. Research conducted by The Washington Post shows that out of the eight media sources they looked at, only two of them were favoring Trump to win. The other six were favoring Clinton, and the sources were a mix of liberal and conservative media outlets. In an article from The New York Times, journalist James Poniewozik said, "The press covered Hillary Clinton like the next president of the United States. The press covered Donald Trump like a future trivia question (and a ratings cash cow). (Rutenberg and Poniewozik)" This in my opinion, is an accurate statement of how the media covered the election. The fact that the media covered each candidate like they did is the main reason why Americans did not expect Trump to win the presidential election.

Later in the New York Times article, Poniewozik says, "If coastal journalists were more in touch with economically hard-hit areas, they'd have seen the Trump phenomenon coming. (Rutenberg and Poniewozik)" This quote explains one way that the media was not effective in covering the election. This also presents a solution to one of the media's problems. They need to become more involved and in touch with areas that were economically hard-hit in the United States. To conclude, the media coverage of the 2016 presidential election was an issue and was not as efficient as it has been in the past. The media did not prepare people for the results of the election and did not cover each candidate equally.

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Effectiveness of Media in the 2016 Election

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The media coverage of the 2016 presidential election was an issue and was not as efficient as it has been in the past. The media did not prepare people for the results of the election and did not cover each candidate equally.

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Logan Gaidos: The electoral college is an outdated system

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Logan Gaidos: The electoral college is an outdated system

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http://lgaidoshcommskills10.blogspot.com/2016/11/electoral-college-is-outdated-system.html

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Maddie Bennett: Is The Electoral College The Right Way To Elect President? 

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Maddie Bennett: Is The Electoral College The Right Way To Elect President? 

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http://maddiesblog01.blogspot.com/?view=classic

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Hayden Schultz: Is the Electoral College a Fair Way to Elect a President?

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Hayden Schultz: Is the Electoral College a Fair Way to Elect a President?

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https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1771618924899696761#allposts

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What if Hillary Clinton Won the Presidential Election Instead of Donal Trump?
http://sarahmateer.blogspot.com/

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America Should Keep the Electoral College: Sarah Sheils

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America Should Keep the Electoral College: Sarah Sheils

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http://sprinkledcocoabeans.blogspot.com/2016/11/should-america-keep-electoral-college.html

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Caitlin Mills: Why Was Hillary Clinton a Better Choice for President?

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Caitlin Mills: Why Was Hillary Clinton a Better Choice for President?

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http://myopinionissuperior.blogspot.com/2016/11/why-was-hillary-clinton-better-choice.html

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Protests Against President-to-be Trump Still Continue Across the Nation: Abbie Schoenbaum 

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Protests Against President-to-be Trump Still Continue Across the Nation: Abbie Schoenbaum 

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http://abbieschoenbaum.blogspot.com/

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Kayla Ortiz- Is the Electoral College Still a Fair Way To Determine the President?

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Kayla Ortiz- Is the Electoral College Still a Fair Way To Determine the President?

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http://kalotiz.blogspot.com/2016/11/is-electoral-college-still-fair-way-to.html

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Did We Make the Right Choice in Electing Donald Trump? Natalie Webber

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Did We Make the Right Choice in Electing Donald Trump? Natalie Webber

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https://nataliewebbereditorial.blogspot.com/2016/11/did-we-make-right-choice-in-electing.html

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Will Trump be a Successful President? Anna-Kate Clancy

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Will Trump be a Successful President? Anna-Kate Clancy

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http://annakatesblog3.blogspot.com/2016/11/will-trump-be-successful-president.html

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Kierra Ehrhart: Ditch the Electoral College?

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Kierra Ehrhart: Ditch the Electoral College?

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http://kierraehrhart.blogspot.com/

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Mandy Flickinger: Is the Electoral College Really Necessary? 

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Mandy Flickinger: Is the Electoral College Really Necessary? 

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http://mflickingerblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/is-electoral-college-really-necessary.html

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http://calebhawkinsblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/post-election-riots.html

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Effectiveness of Media Coverage by Sara Michelson

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Effectiveness of Media Coverage by Sara Michelson

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http://effectivenessofmediacoverageofelecton.blogspot.com/2016/11/effectiveness-of-media-in-2016-election.html

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Electoral College or Popular Vote?
http://kelseymcconaghy30.blogspot.com/