A second  and final survey conducted over the course of four days (Oct 25-28) shows that the majority of the 96 respondents support Mr. Trump at 41.7%. Questions centered around the three presidential debates, with a portion pertaining to the recent revelations about both Mr. Trump and Secretary Clinton throughout the course of the election.

Of the 96 respondents, 56.3% viewed all three presidential debates and the vice presidential debate. 42 people said that the final debate between Secretary Clinton and Mr. Trump was informative in some ways. 48.9% said that they preferred moderator posed questions and the top three results pertaining to the moderator’s job during the debate were remaining neutral (77.9%), pushing candidates to answer any and all questions (73.7%), and keeping the candidates cordial (67.4%).

At the forefront of this election, has been the question of whether or not the candidates have both the character or morals required to be President. 28.1% believe that Mr. Trump ‘fit’ to be president compared to 34.4% who believe Secretary Clinton is ‘fit’ to be president. Respondents were then posed questions, including two write-in response prompts that asked how the management of each of the candidate’s campaigns has affected their view of the candidate.

One supporter of Mr. Trump’s claims that “His tiny insignificant scandals can not touch the fact that Secretary Clinton committed treason. Frankly, Trump’s little scandals do not jeopardize national security and put the American people in danger. He does need to learn when to let something go and watch what he says because he is making things harder on himself” whereas one critic says, “Mr. Trump needs to learn to handle an individual’s right to disagree with his views. Mr. Trump also needs to learn that he can not have things done simply because he’s the boss. He may have handled his business affairs in that way but he certainly [cannot] do that as President”. It is imperative that any politician has the skill set to negotiate and collaborate with others, especially because those in the Legislative and Executive branch are elected officials that work for the people and must act with the people’s best interests in mind. Respondent’s ranked Mr. Trump’s solutions by choosing which ones they believed to better than Secretary Clinton’s. Trump’s solution for the economy was in first place with 64.5%, followed by national security (54.8%), terrorism (50.5%), immigration (49.5%), health (31.2%), and education (26.9%). The same question was posed for Secretary Clinton, with her solutions ranking with education in first place at 48.9%, followed by health (30.4%), national security and immigration were both at 21.7%, the economy (20.7), and terrorism (13%).

Questions then focused on both candidates’ scandals, beginning with Secretary Clinton. Secretary Clinton’s most prominent scandal is that of her emails and their alleged relation to Benghazi. An overwhelming 67.7% believe Secretary Clinton is being dishonest about her involvement in the executive decision process that lead to the fatal event in Benghazi. One of the responses to the question about her campaign style expresses: “If it were not for Wikileaks, the public would not know just how deep this scandal has dug into the DNC, the FBI, and now the White House. It has exposed just to what extent Hillary and her team will lie to cover themselves. Unfortunately, Trump’s scandals have overshadowed this in the news, but it digs into just how corrupt the Democrats [and] media are”. Secretary Clinton has been investigated by the FBI and Congress later investigated the overall scandal, including FBI Director James Comey. An article about Congress’s investigation can be found here. Another response supports that this scandal has affected their opinion “very little. There has been an investigation and she has apologized profusely”.

One supporter praised her “experience in government and [she] has seen first hand what it is like to run the country” and a second supporter wrote, “Clinton has much more experience in politics and actually knows what she is doing. She is kinder and more positive, unlike Trump”. There were similar themes among both the positive and negative responses to her campaign management. One critique read, “She constantly lies and just tells the American people what they want to hear. She has been in a position of power for 30 years and she has not done anything to increase jobs, boost the economy, or improve the quality of life for those living in inner cities”. Secretary Clinton lost support in the SRHS community and had 37.5% of the vote.

Thank you to those who participated in this survey, and again to those who participated in the first political survey. Also, thank you for providing feedback so that improvements could be made on this survey.