Where's Waldo?

The Waldo episode of Black Mirror is about politicians getting derailed by a cartoon bear named Waldo. Is this similar to what just happened in our presidential election? Absolutely! One year ago when we heard that Donald Trump was running for President of the United States, we said things like, "There is no way he will win, but he is hilarious." He really mixed up the usual banter of the candidates. So why is it that characters like Waldo and Trump can throw off these politicians that have spent a life time training to be in the spot light?

It is because people are tired of the same ole same ole coming from politicians. It is a known fact that to be a politician the biggest prerequisite is to have a good poker face. They have to be able to lie and cover up mistakes in their own lives. Everyone will make mistakes and make bad decisions, but typically our mistakes are not talked about on national television. Obviously some mistakes are greater than others but in the end there will never be a perfect candidate.

In this election, most people did not vote for a candidate they liked, most voted against a candidate they could not stand. To me, that speaks volumes about both candidates. This year’s election was definitely one for the history books. The whole country was going to change no matter who won.

So how did Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the Presidential election? Trump is a very honest person, even to a fault. Some may say he is vulgar and offensive, but at least he says what he thinks. Most candidates try to be “politically correct”, so you never know what they actually think. Hillary had a big scandal with her emails being deleted. This made a lot of people nervous about whether or not she is trust worthy enough to lead the whole country. This made Trump’s honesty even more loved by the country.

So in this film, Waldo mocked the politicians, which kind of resembles Trump’s attitude towards the typical politician. People began to love Waldo, just like they did with Trump. Waldo and Trump alike used radical speech in their public debuts. This caught the attention of the general public. Then all they had to do is hook them or make them dislike the opposing candidate just a little bit more than them. It was a very close race but I think Trump’s blatantly honesty attitude is what lead him to victory.