Gender Inequality In Presidential Elections

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Presidential elections have always been a controversial issue among the people of the United States, particularly in the world of politics; but the question is why is this topic so remarkably controversial? Choosing our president has always been a delicate decision in a like matter: will our leader be able to withstand an economical crisis, an attack on American soil, or a bill that pleases the majority of the 3 million or more civilians? The 2016 election has become more argumentative as each year goes by, among the favored running candidates this year are: Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz. Bernie Sanders would be a good choice to vote for, since he thinks that the United States must allow Syrian refugees to enter the country, believes equality needs be stressed more, and believes all American citizens have the right to health care. (ProCon.org) …show more content…
Supporting equal rights for the LGBT community, Bernie Sanders at the time of being mayor of Burlington, Vermont had promoted the city’s first ever Pride Parade with honor. Bernie Sanders believes equality begins, when injustice ends. Though it’s not only the LGBT community getting the discrimination; women today are getting discriminated against just by their gender or even race. Gender inequality of women’s wage gap is a huge issue that Sanders considers a problem, for instance, every woman is only paying 79 cents for every dollar a man earns. If Sanders is elected president, he plans on battling to pass long-overdue Equal Rights and push equality for all working individuals. Sanders has had a weight on his shoulders with civil rights decisions, he’s not sure of what´s the best choice to do to improve conditions on this problem however this candidate pictures making a political revolution.

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