I chose to do this political blog post to follow the progress of Trump in the election. A realization between both Democrats and Republicans has effected the view on this turning in to a "stolen election." Since the election in 2010, Republicans have tried to form a system of stricter voter identification laws. Democrats seem to view this as a way to cause an obstruction to the voting process, benefitting Republicans. There is a theory that Trump is encouraging his supporters to be election day volunteers, which can be viewed as him trying to pressure the voters to side with him, known as voter intimidation. Words have recently spiraled around Trump as manipulative and fraud-like, which could be argued as true because of his latest face in the news. This raises high concerns for republicans. Figures within the political race have gotten quite offended by these accusations. For example, "It's a sad day when Donald Trump and the Republicans have to rely on scaring people out of voting to try to achieve their electoral aims," says Marc Elias.
I am not entirely sure how to feel on this issues because I can see where both sides come from, but if Trump really is being manipulative in his ways of voting I cannot agree with that.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/us/politics/donald-trump-a-rigged-election-and-the-politics-of-race.html?_r=0
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