{"id":3162,"date":"2016-10-24T08:30:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T07:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/doing-business\/?p=3162"},"modified":"2016-11-16T06:50:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T05:50:53","slug":"the-privilege-of-democratic-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/doing-business\/2016\/10\/24\/the-privilege-of-democratic-government\/","title":{"rendered":"The Privilege of Democratic Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the third and last debate between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Donald Trump<\/strong> last Wednesday\u00a0in Las Vegas, the Republican candidate refused to clearly state that he would accept the results of the election<\/strong> on November 8th\u00a0regardless of whether he wins or loses.<\/span><\/p>\n

While I have been appalled by many of the statements and proposals made by Trump during the last year, this latest idea, and his campaign claim that the election is \u201crigged\u201d goes so far beyond the normal give and take of an american election campaign that I felt compelled to dedicate yet another post to the topic.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For her part, Mrs. Clinton was “horrified”\u00a0by Trump\u2019s answer that he would leave the moderator, and the american people in suspense at what he would or would not do as a result of the election. Perhaps to make matters worse, his campaign\u00a0manager, Kellyanne Conway, said immediately after the debate that he would abide by the result because he would win the election.<\/span><\/p>\n

The scariest part of this latest twist is that his repeated claim that the election was rigged against him has actually helped halt his falling poll numbers and re-energized his electoral base which tend to agree with him.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to this, fortunately narrow, slice of the american electorate, Trump is a plain speaking, regular guy who is being picked on and unfairly attacked by the media and powerful interests. These people believe Trump when he says the 15-20\u00a0women<\/a> who have stepped forward to denounce his inappropriate sexual behavior are all liars and that the real villains are the Clintons.<\/span><\/p>\n

For Trump supporters, Bill Clinton is guilty of having a series of well publicized affairs and Hillary is guilty of supporting him and \u201cenabling\u201d his own predatory sexual practices. For them, she is also a pathological liar who clearly had deep secrets to hide or would not have had her private email server erased.<\/span><\/p>\n