12/07/2024
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝗼𝗳 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻, 𝗗.𝗖.
Follow along as our publisher Dominik Meier and our editor-in-chief Dr. Konstantin Bätz discuss more general questions like what qualities make an efficient political leader in the and more specific ones like what issues will sway voters closer to the in November.
Here are three things we learned:
(𝟭) 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗦 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀. Joe Biden will talk about the labor market, which looks good for him, and Donald Trump will talk about inflation, which looks bad for Biden. Trump will further push the topics of crime and migration, while Biden will speak about the matter of abortion and the threat Democrats consider Trump posing to democracy. Foreign policy, including Europe, only plays an indirect role.
(𝟐) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐫. If he chose to do so, he could “release” the delegates -who elect the presidential nominee- at the Democratic convention that have pledged to vote for him. Other candidates could then get nominated and try to convince delegates to vote for them. However, this process would have to be finalized until the end of this month.
(𝟑) 𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭.
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