By Kaitlyn Walsh, features editor
After the second debate, America is coming closer to THE decision: Who will be our next President? After last Sunday’s Presidential Debate, the public has credited Donald Trump to be more professional and presidential than in the first debate, but Hillary Clinton is still projected to win based on a CNN poll.
As of today, Clinton is still winning by eight points. Donald Trump is starting to fall behind due to his comments towards women during an Access Hollywood interview from 2005 between him and Billy Bush while his microphone was still on. His comments range from “Grab her by the p****”, and “When you’re a star, they [women] let you do it. You can do anything.”
Due to Trump’s comments, some of the republican leadership pulled their endorsements of Trump. Notables figures who no longer support Trump include Senator and 2008 Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain, California Governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Some party heads even called for Trump’s dismissal. South Dakota Senator John Thune said, “Donald Trump should withdraw and Mike Pence should be our nominee effective immediately.”
In light of these accusations, Melania Trump broke her silence Monday night during an interview with Anderson Cooper, stating that the women coming forward about her husband sexually assaulting them are lying, or that they are a part of the Democratic Party trying to bring down his campaign.
“This was all organized from the opposition. And with the details – did they [democrats] ever check the background of these women?” said Melania. “They don’t have any facts.”
Donald Trump also claims that the election is rigged against him, which he boasted on Twitter and during a rally in Wisconsin. “Remember, we are competing in a rigged election,” said Trump Monday night. “They [election officials] even want to try and rig the election at the polling booths, where so many cities are corrupt and voter fraud is all too common.
However, these claims of voter fraud are questionable. Election officials in ten states, including Missouri, New York, Delaware, New Mexico, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Oregon, Rhode Island Oklahoma, and Washington released their voter statistics from 2008 and 2012 to ABC News, where voter fraud incidents were only less than five out of thousands and sometimes millions of people.
After the third debate Wednesday night, Hillary Clinton was declared the winner of the final battle between the two candidates by a thirteen point margin according to a CNN poll. This win gives her a sweep of all three debates. However, 54 percent of people who watched the debate said it would have no effect on their election day vote. America will make its final decision Nov. 8.