Donald Trump is an unconventional presidential candidate. And a remarkable one. Despite committing a significant number of what many would consider unforgivable sins during his campaign, he is within striking distance of winning the presidency.
Before we get to the list of Trump’s seeming sins, consider the following list of campaign fails that sunk various candidates throughout the years.
Democrat Howard Dean was doomed after an during a caucus night speech in 2004. Marco Rubio’s standing in the 2016 Republican race took a major hit because of his choice of . On Nov. 9, 2011, Republican candidate Rick Perry flubbed an answer in a debate, said and was gone within a couple months. Democratic front-runner Gary Hart’s 1988 presidential candidacy and his reputation were sunk by a scandalous And in 1972, vice-presidential candidate dropped out after it was revealed that he had previously been hospitalized for depression and had been treated with electro-shock therapy.
Now consider Trump, who, as of Friday morning, has the support of 42.7 percent of American voters, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average.
Below is a list of scandals, gaffes, revelations and other controversial moments in Trump’s run for president that, it can be argued, would have resulted in any other candidate being forced to drop out.
For those of you who don’t plan for Trump, I invite you to participate in the exercise below by ranking the list of scandals. For those of you who do support Trump, I recognize you have no interest in participating in this exercise, so I invite you to participate in a separate one:
List the top five reasons you plan to vote for Trump and e-mail to me them to me at cpeart@denverpost.com.
I will publish the results of the rankings, as well as a list of reasons Trump supporters plan to vote for him, in a column the day after the election.
