Nick Baumann Presidential Debate 1

The debate that just occurred was sub par and the candidates seemed immature. However, there were some strengths for each candidate, and they made strives to connect with the voters. One strength of Hilary was that she made an effort to speak to the black community and other minority groups including women. She acknowledged that inner cities were in shambles and that she would change that by increasing gun control laws. This was one weak point of Trump, when speaking on the black community in the inner cities, he threw out facts like 3,000 shootings in Chicago and 4,000 deaths as the effect of it. This is data that was not fact checked and cannot be used credibly. Another weak point of Trump was when Clinton was speaking on how he should release his tax returns and how he has evaded releasing them to the public, his response was, "That's because I'm smart." This, along with other outbursts and interruptions, caused Trump to look like an amateur of debating. A strong point for Trump was that he talked very much about the economy, and spoke directly on how he is going to fix America's trillion dollar debt. Another strong point of his was his motto to, "Break the Mold." No doubt that Trump would break the mold as the president, but would this be a good thing or bad? Clinton definitely made an effort to shut down Trump and disprove all of his points. This is a high point for her because most claims that Trump made, were rebutted very well by Clinton with solid evidence. However the weak points for Clinton were her ability to not get involved when Trump was clearly egging her on and making personal points about her time in the Senate. Also she refused to release the emails that many Americans desire to know the topic of. Overall a low-point win to Clinton is in effect here.