Donald Trump pumps his fist as he arrives to speak to a campaign rally. Evan Vucci AP/Press Association Images.Could it still happen? In spite of the series of sexual assault accusations that landed against Donald Trump less than a month ago; the legal cases against him due to begin hearings imminently; a perception that he and Hillary Clinton are being held to an absurd double standard over their alleged misdemeanours.
In spite of the fact that Clinton was reported to not even be thinking about her rival as she enjoyed a double digit national poll lead ten days ago, and that the Republican candidate has alienated almost every imaginable demographic beyond white men, Trump has bounced back following FBI director James Comey's announcement last week to within 2-3 percentage points of Clinton — within the margin of error — and taken the lead in battleground states such as Ohio and Florida.
Trump's defiance of political gravity makes more sense once you get a handle on what really matters to voters in this election, and the vehemence of middle America's dislike and distrust for Clinton. The Democratic candidate reminds Kerri Morningstar, single mother of three and a real estate agent of Native American, German and French origin from Fort Wayne, Indiana, of Eva Peron. "She came in on the coat-tails of her husband and had a political agenda all along.” While her personal attributes are "really remarkable,” her decisions are "selfish" — "I'm not really sure if she's for the people, or women, or minorities.”
Trump's defiance of political gravity makes more sense once you get a handle on what really matters to voters in this election
