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Republican Candidate Trump Outlines 100 Day Presidential Plan

by Wayne Lee

   Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has proposed a 35-percent
   tax cut for middle class Americans as he unveiled an outline of his
   plans for his first 100 days in the White House should he win the
   November 8 presidential election.

   Trump also promised to impose term limits on members of congress, enact
   a freeze on federal hiring and reduce federal regulations.

   "We will drain the swamp in Washington, D.C. and replace it with a new
   government by and of the people," Trump said in the historically
   significant town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

   The speech, which Trump campaign aides said were his "closing
   arguments" to voters, is perceived as an attempt to shift attention
   back to his priorities and away from the controversies that have dogged
   him in recent weeks.

   The real estate mogul-turned politician created an uproar when he
   refused to say at Wednesday's final presidential debate that he would
   accept the results of the election. He later backed off, agreeing to
   accept the results while reserving the right to legally challenge a
   "questionable" outcome.

   Trump also drew the ire of some voters and Republican and Democratic
   politicians alike this month over lewd comments he made about women and
   allegations by more than a dozen women that they were victims of
   Trump's sexual advances.

   Trump delivered his remarks in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of
   the deadliest battle of the 19th century American Civil War and
   Republican President Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address in
   1863.

   With the presidential election less than three weeks away, the
   candidates are approaching the final stretch of a bitter campaign
   season.

   Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during two
   campaign stops Saturday in the key state of Pennsylvania: one in
   Pittsburgh and the other in Philadelphia.

   Polls Show Strengthening Clinton

   Trump delivered the speech amid polls showing him trailing Democratic
   presidential nominee Hillary Clinton nationally and in key battleground
   states.

   Clinton leads Trump by an average of more than 6 percentage points
   among likely voters nationwide, according to RealClear Politics.

   Clinton's most important edge is evident on the state-by-state
   electoral map.

   The RealClear Politics electoral map shows Clinton with a 262 to 164
   vote advantage over Trump.

   The latest States of the Nation project results released Saturday also
   show Clinton maintaining her commanding Electoral College lead. If the
   election were held this week, the report said Clinton would have a 95
   percent chance of winning. The most likely outcome, the report said,
   would be a 326 to 212 Electoral College margin in favor of Clinton.

   According to the FiveThirtyEight website, Clinton is forecast to win
   341 electoral votes, compared to Trump's 196.

   Campaign 2016 Clinton: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary
   Clinton arrives to board her campaign plane at Westchester County
   Airport in White Plains, N.Y., Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, to travel to
   Cleveland for a rally.

   Clinton's commanding Electoral College vote lead is mostly due to her
   small but significant lead in the handful of traditional swing states,
   which typically decide a presidential election.

   In most presidential elections, those states include Florida, Ohio,
   Pennsylvania, Iowa, New Hampshire and a few others. But this year,
   swing states are popping up everywhere.

   Some recent polls have shown a shockingly tight race in longtime
   Republican strongholds such as Georgia, Arizona, Utah and even Texas.

   It raises the question of whether Trump has a viable path toward
   winning the presidency.

   "If he can't win Utah, he can't pull it off," said Reed Galen, a
   political consultant who worked on both successful campaigns of
   ex-President George W. Bush.

   Utah has voted for a Republican president every election since 1968.
   But this year Trump faces a serious challenge there, not only from
   Clinton but also from independent candidate Evan McMullin.

   Trump has just a one-point lead over McMullin and a five-point lead
   over Clinton according to the latest Utah poll, released Friday by
   UtahPolicy.com.

   Mormons make up a large percentage of Utah, and are "singularly
   disgusted" at Trump's crass comments about women, Galen says. Many Utah
   residents may also find it attractive that McMullin is a member of the
   Mormon church.

   Indeed, the Clinton campaign is fully aware of the significance of a
   win in Utah. The campaign will send five new staffers to Utah early
   next week and will increase campaign surrogate visits to the state.

   Electoral College

   U.S. presidential elections are not decided by a national popular vote.
   Instead, they are decided by individual races in the 50 states, with
   each state's importance in the overall outcome weighted by its
   population. Winning presidential candidates have to amass a majority of
   270 votes in the 538-member Electoral College based on the
   state-by-state results.