Chelsea Clinton and Ivanka Trump: The Daughters between the Divide

Disappointing, worrisome, embarrassing, and extremely divided--such characterizations exhibit the true frustration felt by Millennials regarding the 2016 presidential election. Did the good qualities American’s hope to find in a presidential candidate skip a generation to Chelsea Clinton and Ivanka Trump? The election has turned into a quagmire of email scandals and name-bashing, rather than substantive debate on pressing issues that need to be addressed across our great nation, most important among which lies the determination of who remains truly best suited to the role of president. We now feel more disenfranchised from the American Dream than we have in years past. Ultimately, the race for the White House can be transformative both domestically and internationally, as we possibly elect our first female president or a president without mainstream political ties since Eisenhower.

Behind Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, lay two well-spoken, highly educated and intelligent daughters exuding self-confidence with traditional values. Although many Americans find the two presidential candidates undeserving of our highest office, some find the two daughters, albeit having wealth, to be hard-working, dedicated and more knowledgeable of our present cultural and political trends.

During the campaign of each candidate, these two young women at times have received more attention than their respective parents. As American perspective sways within each political campaign and the drum beats toward the fateful day in November, Chelsea and Ivanka have stayed the course and made their mark as admired trumpeters of their respective parents’ campaigns. They appear to make the campaigns more reputable and shed a positive light through turbulent times. Simply, the two women reassure the American people that their parents aren’t as ugly as the media sets them up to be. Chelsea and Ivanka manifest a trustworthy and loving notion for the candidates of President of the United States--something many deem impossible.

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton, grew up immersed in politics. After attending many formidable universities and working for several companies, Chelsea has been on the board of the Clinton Foundation for the last five years. Although Hillary Clinton’s rhetoric may not be as offensive as her competitor, she has received just as much bad press. Through Secretary Clinton's investigation with the F.B.I. about her private emails and her suspicious Wall Street ties, Chelsea has constantly supported her mother and plays a vital role in her campaign. As Chelsea Clinton was the lead-in to Hillary Clinton’s big nominating speech, Chelsea revealed to America a softer and more nurturing side of her mother. Americans don’t look to Chelsea Clinton for policy platform’s or partisan attacks. Instead, Chelsea turns her mother into someone who is sympathetic to the American people. Instead of uplifting Hillary’s platform with grandiose details of her greatness, Chelsea spoke of all the little things, things that no one sees or ever hears of--Hillary Clinton, a mother.

On the other hand, Ivanka Trump, daughter of Ivana Zelnickova and Donald Trump, grew up in the business world after education at prestigious universities. After graduating from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics, Ivanka began working for the Trump Organization and eventually went on to form her own women’s fashion line, “Ivanka Trump Collection". In multiple instances, Ivanka has shifted criticism away from her father’s campaign by clarifying his rhetoric to be more plausible. In particular, Donald Trump has received endless criticism about his sexist comments on women. Ivanka Trump, presumably her father’s “right hand (wo)man”, has said that her father values women who work hard, and even goes to say that he thinks higher of women who work harder than men to achieve success. Ivanka herself, is a role model for women wishing to achieve the perfect balance of aspiring business woman and doting mother.

Each daughter has risen to the occasion and lead us to believe there can be positive values in politics. Of course we anticipated they would play a role in the campaigns, but did we really know how influential each would become in transforming their parents into just not a candidate, but a mother or father and possibly the next President of the United States? It seems so.

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