Preparation and Confidence Wins the Race

Preparation and Confidence Wins the Race 

This year's presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has been long awaited and hyped up by all of America. Advertisements for the debate looked like they were produced by UFC, and millions of people tuned in. Whether or not the debate resembled a reality t.v show is beside the point, what everyone cares about is 'who won?'. Through rigorous trials of interruption and fact checking, it is clear that the most prepared and respectable candidate was Clinton. Putting all political views aside, Trump always resorts to personal jabs and his own self ego when giving speeches. Clinton focuses more on the political issues at hand. During the debate she actually took up her time to answer the questions and knew how to appeal to her audience. Trump continued to interrupt, insult, and invoke his egotistical attitude which his fans loves.

Both candidates are guilty, however, of using their audiences' hatred of the other candidate to their advantage. Clinton repeats the phrase 'Trumped up, Trickled down' throughout the debate, and Trump states he 'has better judgement and temperament' than her. Over all, the debate barely covered all the questions asked, and each topics ended up with a discussion of Clinton email scandal or Trump's tax issues. The whole presidential debate was a big ball of pathos, trying to make themselves look good by making each other look bad. This even caused the audience to clap and shout many times, which they aren't allowed to do. As much of a mess this election is, most people are seeing the professionalism and poise of Clinton that is needed in a president. Trump is always cocky, but it was clear he was not prepared to answer some of Clinton and the moderator's questions. He continually interjected with 'wrongs' and 'I didn't say that'. This debate is just an example that in order to win a debate, preparation and the right attitude is key.