Can Donald Trump Really President - 1280 Words

Can Donald Trump Actually Become President? By Lauren Johnson A question that seems to keep showing up these days is â€Å"can Donald Trump actually become president?† Most people seem to be finding the presidential race this year really interesting and Trump is a candidate who is doing much better than most people thought possible. I really wonder if there’s a chance this guy could win. After researching the topic I’ve concluded that yes, Donald Trump can become president of the United States. This can happen if the other contenders in his party don’t come together to support one candidate and if the Democrats don’t run someone with mainstream appeal. The first thing we have to consider with Trump is who does he appeal to? Not Latinos, that†¦show more content†¦NAFTA was signed by president Clinton so many of these votes might not think too highly of Hillary Clinton. These are the people Trump is attracting in huge rallies all over the United States. A group of Trump supporters that aren’t usually part of the election equation are the disenfranchised voters, people eligible to vote that don’t because they don’t see a point in the whole thing. According to Felix Salmon in his article in Fusion, these voters are going to be a force behind Trump this time. Salmon describes it this way: â€Å"Going into a general election against Clinton, then, Trump is going to have all of his Republican supporters, plus a large chunk of Sanders supporters, plus an even larger chunk of otherwise apolitical Americans who have finally found a politician they can admire: the guy who fired people on TV. The turnout in 2016 will be a record high, and a lot of the new voters won’t be young: They will be people who just didn’t care about politics at all before Trump came along.† There’s also an enthusiasm for Trump among Republicans that others don’t seem to understand. According to the Associated Press article the majority of Republicans think Trump can win and plan on voting for him. The article mentions that: â€Å"Far more