The Republican Party - Matthew Reynolds

The republican party should not be satisfied with their presidential candidates in both the 2012, and 2016 elections. GOP presidential candidates “crashed and burned” this year. Their campaigns made little progress and didn’t pose a threat to Trump in the slightest. In September of 2015, 81% of Iowa voters said that Republicans in Congress made too many compromises with President Barack Obama. But didn’t it seem like it was Obama, rather, who was being limited by a republican controlled Congress. There has been very little compromise in Washington given that the republicans in Congress are definitely of the more conservative side. Candidates who have demeanor and qualifications that would normally meet the credentials of a presidential nomination doesn’t matter as much this year. The American people are looking for a president further from establishment than we are used to, but yet the Republican party continues to pump establishment-oriented candidates. An upset outsider (Trump) was going to get the GOP nomination.

This main idea is incredibly relevant as we are approaching the presidential election. It’s been nearly a decade since America has seen a Republican hold office, and could be a couple more years before we do again. Personally I consider myself a Democrat, but I’d love to see a Republican candidate I can relate to. I firmly believe the right wing can do better than Trump.

If Republicans truly believe that Clinton is so horribly flawed, then why is she leading in the polls?