The Presidential Election of 2016 changed the way we view politics in more ways than one. Firstly, a man with no prior political experience attained the highest level of government in the free world, Donald Trump is now the President-Elect of the United States. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton, a former First Lady and woman with more than thirty years of public and political service, was defeated yet again in her bid for the Presidential seat. So how did Donald Trump do it? Many analysts say he tapped into the fear plaguing most Americans: the threat of terrorism.
For women around the United States, the Hillary Clinton defeat means the dream of a woman becoming President of the United States will now have to wait a little longer. During her 2008 speech, when it was clear Barack Obama would win the 2008 Democratic nomination, Clinton mentioned the 18 million cracks of votes she garnered in her presidential bid for the White House. Fast forward eight years later that number tripled to 60 million votes. In the 2016 election Clinton won the popular vote but she failed to win the electoral college, ultimately ending her final run at President of the United States. But, how much longer will the American people have to wait to see its first female President of the United States? No one knows for sure, but one thing is certain, we are closer now than ever before. In Clinton’s concession speech to Trump she said, “Now, I know, I know we have still not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling, but someday, someone will.” In my opinion Clinton already shattered that glass ceiling, what do you think?
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