It's been about a week and some change since the 2024 United States Presidential Election, and whether sad or happy about the results, Donald Trump has been elected by the American people as our next president. Given the news, I wanted to discuss how pandering worked out for each candidate. For Harris, she was recognized for having a good campaign in the few months she was able to campaign, but in the end it was not enough. She was known for pandering towards younger audiences, but even then, she was not certain on issues that young voters cared the most about. She took a majority of her campaign to describe abortion rights, which were incredibly controversial among conservative audiences. In an article by Yahoo! News , they suggest her inability to campaign other issues voters had was a reason as to why her hype did not translate into votes. She pandered to several demographics, but it appears her strategy did not work in her favor as some voters felt alienated by her stances Trum...

 In the days leading up to the election, both Trump and Harris have been diligently doing as many appearances and campaign events as possible, yet Harris had a surprise up her sleeve nobody saw coming. Harris decided to go on this week's SNL episode during the cold open with Maya Rudolph playing Harris, which has been a staple in SNL shows the last few weeks.  While there has not been much controversy about this appearance, I think this was an intentional and strategic move on Harris's part to align move voters with her and her campaign. SNL is watched by a wide range of audiences, many of whom are just looking for light-hearted fun and good musical guests. Harris taking a part in the show was a good plan to align a few more voters to her. SNL was a good method for her to show her personality, rather than direct political policies and campaign promises.  Considering the election is tomorrow, and voters across the country have already voted or are planning to head to the p...