Donald Trump's Bigotry - Jacob Greifer

In today's world of social media and constant news exposure, people are better capable of being political thinkers. We are surrounded by headlines and stories every day, and this allows us to form our own opinions on issues, such as the presidential election. These opinions are highlighted in Charles M. Blow's article, "Donald Trump's Bigotry," which examines the details of the public's views on Donald Trump.

As the title states, many Americans think of Trump as a bigot. More interesting than the 59% of voters that think this however, is that 29% of likely Republican voters agree. Of this percentage, Blow notes that Trump should mostly be concerned with a certain demographic: college-educated whites. This is because most people with degrees are political thinkers, and can heavily influence the outcome of the election. As a result, Trump has done what he can to throw away his bigot label. Outreaches have been made to African Americans and Hispanics to try and gain their support, but these groups were ones that he had shown little interest to previously. In reality, he's just speaking to his all white audience, and these outreaches are merely his attempts to show he's not a bigot.

If most of the public views Trump as such, why is this race so close? Nobody wants a bigot to be the leader of their country?