Tessa Ward

APUSH 4th





Trump and Clinton Share Strategies:


summary:
Lately, both Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump have been keeping a lower profile by avoiding reporters and certain interviews. Politically, this is a good strategy, but when it comes to news reporters and shows, the press is not happy about it. Clinton and Trump instead are talking to voters and other citizens. Trump hasn't held a formal press conference since July and Clinton hasn't done a national press interview since September. The problem with this "not talking to reporters" thing is that a ton of journalists have many questions for each candidate that are not getting answered. Trump supporters say that it is a good move for him because if he stays out of the press, he might not say or do anything that could affect his chance of winning in a negative way. The reason that Clinton is doing this is because she doesn't want any questions coming up about her email deletion scandal, which could very possibly drop her votes by a large percentage.


synthesis:
I think that it is both a very good thing yet a very bad thing that both Clinton and Trump are avoiding answering questions and going to interviews and conferences. I think that it's good because if Trump wants to win, he can't be caught doing or saying anything that he will later regret. It's also good for Clinton because as she's keeping on the down low, she doesn't have to answer any more interrogating questions about her crazy email deletion that American citizens are going crazy about. It's bad, however, for both of them because for the people who can't decide on which candidate to vote for will have no other reason to vote for who they believe is the best because they won't know anything else good or bad about each candidate that could sway their pending vote.


source:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/03/media/trump-clinton-press-no-interviews/index.html