Americans May Be Wondering: How Will a Second Attempt on Trump Affect the US Elections?

Americans may wonder: how will the second assassination attempt on Trump affect the US elections? Angela Figin

A shooting occurred near Donald Trump's golf club in Florida on the evening of September 15, where the American politician was located. The FBI is investigating this incident as a second assassination attempt on the Republican presidential candidate.

Will the second assassination attempt on Trump have positive consequences for his election campaign, political scientist and partner of the Good Politics communications agency Maxim Dzhigun told Channel 24. According to media reports, the suspect in the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump is 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Root.

Will the second assassination attempt on Trump change the course of the campaign

Republicans are paying a lot of attention to this assassination attempt. However, according to the political scientist, they will not be able to find electoral benefits from this incident. After all, first of all, the assassination attempt that took place in Pennsylvania was in real time, in front of people who were at the event or watched it online.

Sorry for the cynicism, but the first assassination attempt was much more spectacular in terms of the image that could then be sold to voters and demonstrated. However, it did not have a significant impact on the ratings and Trump's popularity did not increase then, – noted Dzhigun.

The second assassination attempt, which has no video evidence, will have no value, because it remained in the statements of the police, the US Secret Service and the Trump campaign, so you should not expect that a new assassination attempt on the Republican candidate will change the course of the campaign.

In this election campaign, there is a fight between candidates for the votes of people who have not decided. That is, the bubble of Republicans or Democrats was for their candidates, and will remain. There is a fight going on now for people who still don't know who to support, the political scientist said.

According to him, people who are still hesitant to vote for Trump or Harris after the second attack incident are probably wondering why two attacks were committed against this candidate. That is, the issue of intolerance, radical statements and support for some conspiracy theories is part of this problem.

Please note! Volodymyr Zelensky expressed “best wishes” to presidential candidate Donald Trump and his family after the shooting at a golf club where the American politician was.

For many voters, this is a factor of instability in the United States and the fact that if Trump wins, such events could happen again. Therefore, according to the political scientist, this will be an additional safeguard against some voters voting for Trump, precisely for reasons of moderation and so that such situations do not happen in the future.