Who shall we blame for the outcome of the polls?

I agree with Linda Chavez, the chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, with the statements that she made about the 2016 election on "Texas Insider". Her point was basically not to blame both of the candidates and blame the people that didn’t vote and are registered to vote. She pointed out a couple facts and some good arguments on the people, who was eligible to vote but didn’t. she stated that the more voters there will be, the better chance the right president being picked.

Within the past elections, we’ve all know and heard that undecided voters get a little attention and we don’t think they matter at all. According to the author, the reasoning of many undecided voters in this year election is because most of them think that both candidates are not fit to be the next president of the united states. Linda is criticizing this group of people and the rest that are simply too lazy to vote because she believes that all votes matter, which is true. According to CNBC “The poll of 801 registered voters conducted June 11-14 shows Clinton with a 40 percent to 35 percent lead.” This means that out of this 801 people, 25 percent of them are undecided to vote for each candidate. And out of this 25 percent, more than half (14 percent) aren’t going to vote.

"A New York Times analysis of the 2012 elections found that around 40 percent of undecided voters were registered Democrats or Republicans, and that 94 percent of them (in both groups) voted for the party with which they were registered." This is the kind of voters Linda would blame because they are voting for the party that they support instead of the candidate they think deserves to be the president. The authors credibility is well shown because her arguments had purpose which states, if we want to have a better outcome after the polls are closed, then we should not have this many undecided voters.   

Critiquing an author from a Texas Newspaper

According to an opinion by John Hawkins, on “Texas Insider”, there has been more white people who got killed by a police officer in the U.S than black people. Quoting a fact from the New York Times, John wanted to make sure it is clear for everyone that there are more white people getting killed than black people per year. He wanted to prove that saying there are more black people being killed by a police officer is a non-sense. To strengthen his argument, he provided a quote that stated “The study examined more than 1,000 shootings in 10 major police departments, in Texas, Florida and California.” And said that “the study finds no racial bias.”

The author is targeting black people who are rioting for black justices and those who are in “Black Lives Matter” movement. All though John provided different sources from trusted websites, it seems like the facts and his point quite don’t match. The quote he provided was based on three states, “Texas, Florida and California.” This itself could create a bias because a study like this, where it concerns everyone living in the country, should be studied in all across America and not only a few states. According to Washington Post, it stated that “As of Sunday, 1,502 people have been shot and killed by on-duty police officers since Jan. 1, 2015. Of them, 732 were white, and 381 were black (and 382 were of another or unknown race).” This is the kind of article that John would use in order to support his side. However, this article is launched just for the purpose of the fact and not to make an argument against the black people who are rioting. I think that John’s credibility is not that satisfying because he didn’t really use enough facts to back up his argument. I say that because there is one big thing which he didn’t realize. He only compared the death rates of blacks and whites who got shot by a police officer but didn’t compare the percentages of black and white folks living in America.