Due to the FBI's renewal of their investigation on Clinton's Emails, her polls have dropped. Now she is one point down on Donald Trump. Donald Trump has 46% of the likely voters while Clinton hold 45%. As of Friday, Trump is up 8 points on Hillary Clinton in
the share of voters who are very enthusiastic about their choice, 53% for Trump and 45% for Clinton. Strong enthusiasm for Clinton has lost 7 points since the renewed controversy over her use of a private email server while secretary of state. As for Trump, his strong enthusiasm has stayed strong since mid October.
1) How is this scandal going to impact the election?
2) Is Hillary in the wrong for using private email servers while secretary of the state?
The scandal is going to ruin her chances. She still has a chance, but the polls show how people are becoming more skeptical of her. I definitely believe she was in the wrong for using a private email server. She has given no actual reason as to why she did do this. All she says is that if she could go back and change it, then she would. She should definitely still be under investigation which I am glad that she is. The American people should know the true people they are voting for.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the graph above, Hillary's scores had always been quite low; they never went above 50%. Therefore, it is not the scandal that caused Hillary's lower amount of support. Living in California, an extremely democratic state, we automatically assume that Hillary is going to win and ignores the fact that Trump has an enormous amount of support. But how come Trump supporters, despite all of Trump's controversies and his big loss in the presidential debates, are still loyal toward him? I believe that there may be two reason for this: either Trump supporters were manipulated by the Republican Party, or they wholeheartedly believe that Trump is a better candidate than Hillary to change America.
ReplyDeleteI think people need to get over the whole email scandal. People are just finding reasons to dislike her. I think she needs to continue talking about the scandal and justify it so people vote for her. Trump and Clinton both have things that can ruin their campaign and they need to push past it.
ReplyDeleteTrump political image/propaganda is based on slandering the his opponents. Though it may be seen as a effective tactic. Trump is foolish if he rely on that tactic alone
ReplyDeleteThis scandal will impact the election because voters are currently leaning towards Trump. However, because this election is so close, it is hard to predict how much this will impact the results.
ReplyDeleteThis definitely has the capability to bring Clinton down in the polls, especially with how close the numbers are currently. However, with the elections less than a week away, I'm not surprised about the scandals coming up about both Trump and Clinton. Both candidates have done wrong things in the past, so I don't think there's much reason for people to feel so betrayed by Clinton, especially because Trump has had far worse scandals come up in recent months.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Haley because both candidates have done something wrong in the past, and everyone is not perfect. However, Trump has far more worse scandals that are coming up recently which is effecting him
ReplyDeleteThis scandal will definitely put a dent in Clinton's campaign as it will reflect badly on the democratic candidate who has promised to help everyone and share what she knows. I feel this whole scandal is something that needs to be covered up with something good she does if she wants to regain points in this election.
ReplyDeleteThis scandal definitely impacted the election, because before this, Hillary was in the lead. With the election being so close, this could effect her chances of winning.
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ReplyDeleteI feel that in this point of the election we are in a very sensitive position. The things that have happened in the past, as we know completely changed the direction of the election. I feel that now is almost "crunch time" as we are a week away form the election, so anything that happens now might be a big game changer. Neither candidates have had the best impressions, some worse than others, but in the end who will win might possibly be a complete toss up.
ReplyDeletePeople need to move on from the scandle and realize that's if she looses a racist and irrational man will be put into office. I feel like the email drama is what's is causing Americans not to vote for her and it was a mistake for her to use a private email while Secretary of State.
ReplyDeleteThe scandle has definitely impacted the election because people are scared for their privacy that could have been in one of those emails, but, eventually they need to be able to let the issue go and look at the bigger picture.
ReplyDeleteI believe that every vote counts so this scandle has definitely impacted the election. As the end come near i believe people will stop looking at small scale events and move on to see the bigger picture.
ReplyDeleteI believe that this scandle has impacted the election with Hillary losing voters. She is definitely in the wrong for using a private emails and lying to the public.
ReplyDeleteI think this scandal is going to impact this election because if Clinton followers find something out that they don't like, they'll stop wanting to vote for her. Also, I think it was very wrong for her to use private emails in the first place because she must have known that people would want to know what she really thinks, and those emails prove it which is why she's losing followers.
ReplyDeleteI think this scandal is going to impact this election because if Clinton followers find something out that they don't like, they'll stop wanting to vote for her. Also, I think it was very wrong for her to use private emails in the first place because she must have known that people would want to know what she really thinks, and those emails prove it which is why she's losing followers.
ReplyDeleteI believe that this scandal already has, and will continue to discredit Hillary Clinton in the election. She is not wrong for using her private email, but deleting them after is the wrong doing.
ReplyDeleteI think that the scandal will put a dent in her campaign and it is worrying that this is coming to news so close to the election but I feel that it will not hurt her that much as it has before, hopefully people will get over this scandal because i think that she is not wrong in using the emails but in deleting them either way this is of the past in which voters need to get over
ReplyDeleteThe renewal of the scandal is going to negatively impact Hilary for this election. However, people already knew about it so I feel like she won't drastically lose supporters. Hilary was in the wrong, yes, but both candidates have done their fair share of doing shady things. Just because Hilary did this doesn't make Trump a perfect candidate.
ReplyDeleteI think that the Scandal is going to ruin her chances but not completely. Everyone knew that there is a lot of controversy surrounding Clinton and what she has done while she has been holding positions, and they are still continue to vote for her. However, it has pulled people away from her. Clinton was definitely in the wrong for using her emails from her private server. All of this could have been avoided.
ReplyDeleteThey picked the ultimate time to have this scandal come out if the closet because it is the prime time to have those last votes come in. In a sense she isn't in the wrong, but at the same time she is because she shouldn't need a private server.
ReplyDeleteI think one of the most important things involving scandals in this election is that the candidates both have scandals that involve them but Hillary Clinton while having less has the more remembered. Trump on the other hand has more scandals but they only stick around for a week before his voters seemingly forget about them
ReplyDeleteI think Clinton supporters are going to decline because of the scandal. Clinton should be smart enough to not use a private server for her emails.
ReplyDeleteIt will probably decrease her chances but I'm pretty sure shes going to win.
ReplyDeleteThis scandal will really affect Hillary's chances in winning this election. Voters will not appreciate the fact that she has used private email servers
ReplyDeleteThis scandal is having a detrimental impact on her chances of getting elected. She still has a chance, but it puts into question if she will win or not.
ReplyDeleteI think the email scandal will have a very negative impact on Hillary's campaign. Fortunately for her, the election is simply a choice between the lesser of two evils, so her campaign most likely is not ruined by this.
ReplyDeleteHow is this scandal going to impact the election?
ReplyDeleteI actually dont think this scandal is going to impact the election because at this point the finger can be pointed at Trump and Hillary so now its just time to accept what they both have done and vote for either person.
she was the secretary of state. a secretary of state will obviously come into contact with some classified information that should not be shared with the public. People are focusing so heavily on hillary's "scandal" while completely ignoring Donald Trump's laundry list of mistakes, lies, insults, racist comments, sexist comments, and his temperament.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Clinton was wrong for using a private email system. Being secretary of state, she comes to contact with secrets all the time, so it makes sense why she would use one so other people can't access the information.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Clinton was wrong for using a private email system. Being secretary of state, she comes to contact with secrets all the time, so it makes sense why she would use one so other people can't access the information.
ReplyDeleteEven before the FBI investigation, the nation was aware of Hillary Clintons corruption. However, looking at the statistics, it seems like it is doing a dent, a HUGE dent as a matter of fact. Although I do not regard the email scandal as important as other matters, I do think that Clinton should not have used a private email.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the scandle will affect her greatly. This email scandle allowed trump to get back in the race and give him a chance.
ReplyDeleteI believe the reopening Clinton's case will impact her. If the FBI does find something within the deleted emails, her voting rates will definitely decrease, however, if nothing is found, I believe a lot of undecided voters will put this case at rest and side with her campaign instead of Trump's
ReplyDeleteI believe that the scandal can really impact the election, and I believe that the scandal will most likely determine our next president. Yes it was wrong that Clinton used those private servers to send private emails as a secretary of state because if she is running for president the people need to be able to trust the president and after these emails were deleted the people might not be able to trust her anymore witch might jeopardize her becoming the president.
ReplyDeleteI think this will especially impact Clinton, as we can see she's been polling badly in swing states lately. My hope is just that people will come to the conclusion that it's better to vote for someone who, yes, may lack transparency, but at least has good policy. That's the hope anyway. We'll see come Tuesday. #fingerscrossed Also, if she gets elected, I think she'll have to work hard to gain the trust of the people. As the article shows, even a lot of the people voting for her aren't pumped about it.
ReplyDeletethis has already impacted hillarys campaign negatively and will continue to do so until the FBI closes her case again. I dont think Hillary was in the wrong for using private servers. Obviously her decision to do so backfired as it makes her look corrupt and two faced. Unless there is a leak in which vital information from the emails are recovered indicating that Hillary has been hiding something sinister from the US, I wont say she is completely in the wrong, but so far this hasn't happened.
ReplyDeleteThis has been negatively impacting Hillary's campaign and may be the reason why this election is very close and the presidency could belong to either candidate.
ReplyDeleteYes, Hillary is wrong for using a private email. She got caught, and should be punished for it. She knew better and there should be no reason to hide anything if you aren't guilty of something. I think the scandal will definitely make it hard for voters to second guess her and find it hard to trust her as a president, but her opponent is no better.
ReplyDeleteI think that his scandal is going to have a great impact on the election because this can cause some Hillary supporters to side with Trump because of this scandal. Yes it is wrong that Hillary used a private email, but both Hillary and Trump has done things that were wrong.
ReplyDeleteI believe the email scandal should no longer be looked at. I think the time has passed and it's overkill. While it is wrong that she used a private email, this has been blown out of proportion, and Hillary has explained many of the situations. I believe that it may make it hard for her to win the election, but her opponents vulgar language, comments, actions, and proposals will most likely hurt him much more than the emails will hurt Hillary.
ReplyDeleteObviously if you have a scandal it is going to impact the votes you get. She is wrong to hide stuff especially since it will most likely be found.
ReplyDeleteThis it completely wrong being if anyone feels the need to use private server to have a conversation, it resorts with the american people to have accusations and questions of what was spoken about in the messages. Also why was it necessary to use a private server rather than a normal server?
ReplyDeleteSimple, its going to impact the election because Trump is going to have more votes this close to the election because now Hillary looks like the bad person for hiding something so Trump has a chance to win this election
ReplyDeleteI think it was very wrong for her to use private emails in the first place because she must have known that people would want to know what she really thinks, and those emails prove it which is why she's losing followers. I believe that there may be two reason for this: either Trump supporters were manipulated by the Republican Party, or they wholeheartedly believe that Trump is a better candidate than Hillary to change America.
ReplyDeleteI think that this investigation will affect Hillary in the election because it raises the question of whether or not she would be a trust worthy president.
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