As Super Tuesday rolls around, citizens of the U.S. brace themselves to see who could possibly be the nominees for each party. It has been predicted that Republican front runner Donald Trump will dominate the competition with ease. Although the businessman has had a fairly easy time winning over the hearts of most Americans, politicians are starting to show some discomfort in the idea of Trump becoming President. A New York Republican, Peter King, thought Trump could potentially bring new voters into the Republican party. But, after a slew of controversial comments, King said, “he's going to put a scar on the party that we're not going to recover from for a long time." Others are worried about the unity of the party being destroyed by Trump. Sen. John Cornyn, No. 2 head of the GOP, said, “I think he certainly is a controversial figure -- I think we need someone who can unify the party, as opposed to divide the party." Now that the idea of Donald Trump becoming President isn’t just a proposal anymore, politicians are getting brutal wake up calls.
It is surprising to me that the general election is no more than 9 months away. Apparently, this realization has hit a lot of other people pretty abruptly. Now, politicians are starting to think about the candidates as colleagues and not just peers. This will definitely affect their opinions and therefore the public’s opinions as well. I think we might see a little shift in the polls/primaries in the next few weeks. It is kind of scary to think that the next few primaries will almost certainly decide who our presidential nominees are. I cannot say whether or not these shifts will be significant but there will most likely be some sort of change in the majority opinion.
This relates to class because we are discussing the roles of media in politics. In this scenario, the news has been playing the “watchdog” and keeping an eye on the front runners of the race like Donald Trump. Since there has been noticeable tension between politicians as the election progresses, popular news channels have also been playing the “agenda setter” and have been influencing what people think about Donald Trump by labeling him as a divider.
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