The Human Element

I hate Donald Trump as a Presidential candidate. But if you want to know why he resonates with the Republican electorate is because he’s showing the human element that many politicians lack. One of the reasons Senator Sanders is making Hillary Clinton’s march to the White House hell is because he has the human touch that is truly resonating with many in the Democratic electorate; while Hillary comes across as stale, emotionless, and not authentic.

I found it very odd that once the 200o Presidential race was called for 43 and Al Gore knew he wasn’t going to get by a jaded Supreme Court ruling, he showed the human mystique that was missing throughout his entire candidacy. He was harshly criticized, and rightly so, for being very stiff and robotic on the campaign trail. Yet, in that moment when he knew it was over, he showed that human quality that made people wonder what would have been had he shown just a sliver of that during the election season.

I absolutely can’t stand President 43 for his policies and what he allowed to happen to this country, but what won him two elections as President was his innate ability to relate to people and speak to that in Americans. It’s the same thing that got Bill Clinton elected President twice. He had the ability to be human and show his vulnerability. The person issues he dealt with really only made him more human because every day people could sympathize with the situation.

President Barack Obama used that human interaction and vulnerability to parlay that into two terms as President of the United States, despite all the factions against him. It truly does baffle me how many career Politicians seem to forget that they’re people first when running in these elections. They forget that we’re human not some damn polls or numbers. Their Campaign Managers and staffs seem to forget to appeal to the human element in people to get elected. And we as people don’t demand enough that they pay attention to our human feelings.

You’re seeing that wave though erupt this year in both parities. Trump, Sanders, and to a lesser extent Cruz, have tapped into the American publics human emotion. They’re showing their true selves and for better or worse people are gravitating towards that. So if you’re Hillary Clinton’s people, my one word of advice would be: Stop treating that woman like she’s a machine and let her be human. It just might win her the White House and make another piece of American history.

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