By: Lucas Resnik
This morning, the candidates in the upcoming presidential election announced their recommitment to campaigning, having taken a small break for Thanksgiving. The candidates gave their usual statements of hope and prosperity, but beneath the political nonsense, truths about the campaigns.
Julia Swift started her week off strong, as her speech probably gained the best reaction from the public. In her speech, Swift pushed not only hope and a better future, but also doubled down on her policies. After a strong showing in the polls, gaining roughly 62% of the democratic vote, pushing her policies even more would seem like the logical move.
Amanda Davis also continued to push her policies, although, based on the latest polls, this move seems a bit questionable. She only garnered 38% of the democratic vote, which would arguably make it seem that she needs to change her approach. Despite this logic, Davis seemed adamant that her approach was a winning approach. Whether it is or not remains to be seen.
On the conservative side of the spectrum, Maurice McDonald gave a rather weak speech. The delivery was not strong, and his policies were questionable. Despite a respectable showing in the polls, McDonald appears to have taken a liberal stance on certain issues, such as shifting away from oil and natural gas, increasing funding towards public education, and housing for all. McDonald, despite claiming to be a conservative, appears to be arguing in favor of a return to the Great Society programs of the 1960s. If anything, McDonald appears to be pushing for the democratic nomination, rather than the republican one.
Sara Smith’s speech was another example of continuity from candidates. She pushed her advocacy of god, and her other strong republican policies. She garnered a solid majority in the polls last week, however, based on McDonald’s speech this morning, Smith will run away with the republican nomination.
Overall, none of the campaigns switched their strategy after the break, which may be harmful to some more than others. McDonald’s continuity will likely hurt him, whereas leaders in the polls, such as Sarah Smith and Julia Swift will likely benefit from their continuity.
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