Donald Trump’s Front-Runner Status Will Not Secure Him the White House in 2016
Trump will not make the final cut or even make it to the finish line to lead the country in 2016
By Juanita Bratcher
My Two-Cents Worth
I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again, Donald Trump will not make the final cut to become president of the United States of America in 2016.
When I hear all the hoopla about Donald Trump being the front-runner in presidential survey polls – and has been deemed the front-runner for most of the campaign season, believe me, I know it’s a farce…it’s a hoopla, a song and dance by some in the mainstream media who seem to give Trump untold free press coverage while literally ignoring other presidential candidates. Are some in the media trying to help Trump in his bid for the White House?
Trump has gotten loads of free press. Why are the media giving Trump so much free press coverage and hardly any to other presidential candidates? It seems the media are the catalyst in promoting Donald Trump for president. Just recently, however, Trump said he will spend about $2 million of his own fortune per week on campaign ads, but he is still getting loads of free press.
That stark analysis is my gut prediction; and not the result of a political poll taken by me or CopyLine Magazine of presidential candidates – Democrats or Republicans.
Regardless of all the Hoopla over Trump’s so-called front-runner Status, he will not make it to the finish line to become President of the United States of America in 2016!!! What’s more, I have made it known in several articles over the years that I don’t believe in political survey polls regardless of who is conducting the polls.
Trump will not make it to the White House – not as president, maybe as a visitor – because he has insulted large voter blocs and made derogatory comments about several segments of American society, including Hispanics, Blacks, Women, Muslims and Gays; and about some elected officials and media personalities. It would be an uphill struggle for Trump to gain their support, confidence and votes, inasmuch as he has publicly scorned or attacked these groups, creating a storm of negative backlash.
Both Trump and his supporters are going to be in for a big surprise. It reminds me of how Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney faltered in his efforts after making his 47% remarks in a leaked comment during the 2012 presidential campaign:
“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president (Obama) no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. … My job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives,” Romney said.
Trump’s front-runner status is based solely on polls of Americans who identify as Republican voters or Republican-leaning and not among the broader electorate which takes in many of those voters whom Trump has seen fit to ostracize in many of his public outbursts and controversial incendiary rhetoric.
And even if he gets the Republican nomination in the primary election, he will be handicapped in the national general election where Republican voters alone won’t be able to steer him into the White House.
The overwhelming majority of American voters will never give Trump the key to the White House or the opportunity to lead this country. Even with a slight possibility that he will win the primary election because Republicans might put him there; Trump will not win in the general election.
Juanita Bratcher is an Award-Winning Journalist, the Publisher of www.copylinemagazine.com and the author of several books, songwriter and poet. She has been a Journalist for 40 years covering politics, education and a wide-range of other topics.
