Fasten your seatbelts, because everything that’s been building towards this upcoming election will now be decided on Tuesday, November 8th. Can you remember a time when there’s been so much drama, anger, and hostility building up towards a major election? The people supporting the two major Presidential candidates have oftentimes been very hostile towards the other side, and we’re approaching what may now be the political equivalent of the showdown at the O.K. Corral.
There’s so much that’s now riding on this election. As an example, no matter which of the two major candidates wins the upcoming Presidential election, we may very well become even more polarized as a nation, because of how hostile so many voters feel towards the opposition candidate. This will certainly become apparent between election day and the early months within the new President’s term in office, but for all of us citizens who are trying to get along together, let’s hope that this will then dissipate over time.
If Hillary Clinton gets elected, and the Republicans maintain their present control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, what will this mean in terms of the new President now being able to work effectively along with Congress? Along these lines, Barack Obama hasn’t even been able to successfully nominate a new justice to fill the Supreme Court seat that’s been left open by the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, so what would Hillary’s experience be like in trying to do the same under a Republican-controlled Congress, too?
In addition, Donald Trump has been the choice of the rank-and-file Republican voters, but he’s angered powerful Republican politicians in the process, too. These politicians wanted to see someone from within their own ranks get the nomination, and Donald has done very little to ease their anger towards him. So if Donald Trump wins the upcoming election, what will his experience be like in attempting to work along with
Congress, too? If he wins and he has a Republican-controlled Congress to work with, but the Republican politicians don’t like him, we’re very likely to begin seeing some fireworks. But if Donald Trump instead has to work with a Congress controlled by the Democrats, this would definitely make things even more difficult for him.
In addition, Donald Trump isn’t known to be someone who loves to compromise, so this could make his experience in working along with Congress even more, shall we say, eventful. On top of this, since he likes to call his own shots and go his own way, he may then become even more isolated from Congress than any other President we’ve ever experienced. But within recent decades, some of the major issues that the Democrats and Republicans have clashed over include income taxes, gun rights, abortion, and immigration, and these issues will definitely still be front and center under the new President. Since these are all subjects that come under the direct purview of Congress, having a Republican or a Democratically-controlled Congress at the end of this election will become very important in determining the future on all of these issues, so let’s get ready for the November showdown.