{"id":37338,"date":"2024-06-10T09:03:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=37338"},"modified":"2024-06-11T22:29:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T02:29:47","slug":"future-looks-bleak-an-overview-of-americas-presidential-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/future-looks-bleak-an-overview-of-americas-presidential-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Looks Bleak; An Overview Of America\u2019s Presidential Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is the most important election in the history of America\u201d is a line that surfaces during every presidential race, followed by a sense of disappointment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIs this it? Are these our options?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this year\u2019s election is no different.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noteworthy candidates include Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Independent) and Marianne Williamson (Democrat), but we\u2019re here to focus on the individuals who actually have a chance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main attractions: Joe Biden (Democrat) and Donald J. Trump (Republican).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In one corner, we have a walking corpse (and that may be giving him too much credit). On the other side, we have the first former president of the United States to be criminally charged, facing dozens of charges across four separate cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn\u2019t a skit on Saturday Night Live\u2014this is our reality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting off with our current president, Biden, our 81-year-old commander-in-chief, has a compilation of follies that remind me of myself after a night out in Brickell: disoriented, stumbling, slurring of words, unable to recall recent events.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regardless of how you feel about his administration&#8217;s policies, this isn\u2019t an image that\u2019s fit for president.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And now we turn our attention to a model citizen, a man that our country\u2019s youth can look up to\u2014former President Trump.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On May 30, the 77-year-old was <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/live-updates\/trump-trial-hush-money-live-updates\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">convicted of 34 felony counts<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But wait, there\u2019s more! Trump is also facing several civil cases relating to, among other things, the business empire that his foundation is built on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are crucial legal appeals that are yet to be settled, including whether the former president is immune from prosecution. It\u2019s a rather complicated state of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">affairs<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although both candidates have enough delegates in the 2024 presidential primaries to secure their parties\u2019 nominations for president, many Americans are disillusioned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2024\/03\/19\/about-1-in-4-americans-have-unfavorable-views-of-both-biden-and-trump\/#:~:text=Roughly%20a%20quarter%20of%20Americans,younger%20adults%20than%20older%20adults.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a poll<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conducted with 12,693 adults by the Pew Research Center\u2014a Washington D.C.-based nonpartisan think tank\u2014in February, about one in four Americans have unfavorable views of both Biden and Trump.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rest of Americans remain divided: 37 percent have a favorable view of Trump while 34 percent have a favorable view of Biden. Only two percent of Americans say they approve of both.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November draws closer and the media braces itself for another reality TV\u2013like event. Make sure you\u2019re registered to vote. Grab your popcorn, because this will be anything but a dull election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personally, I&#8217;m voting for Kim Kardashian.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis is the most important election in the history of America\u201d is a line that surfaces during every presidential race, followed by a sense of disappointment.\u00a0 \u201cIs this it? Are these our options?\u201d\u00a0 And this year\u2019s election is no different.\u00a0 Noteworthy candidates include Robert F. 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