In a recent presidential debate, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton argued their character, and if they are fit to serve as president of the United States or not. Throughout their debate they depended on both rhetorical fallacies and strategies to build their arguments and prove their capability to run this country. Although the arguments made by the candidates seem to be just repetitive nuances of common issues, this debate gives us an idea of the duties and character traits a president must obtain. From start to finish, the candidates in this debate use rhetorical strategies to make their arguments stand out.…
Presidential Candidate Contrast: Ben Carson vs. Hillary Clinton “Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”-John Quincy Adams. Electing the next president of the United States is one of the most important rights of each American Citizen, and one that should not be taken lightly. In order to make an informed decision it is imperative to research each candidate throroughly by using credible sources.…
Rhetoric Appeals in the Debate The running candidates for the 2016 presidential election are Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. In order to receive votes, the candidates have to use the different rhetorical appeals. The different types are Logos, which appeals to a logical approach, Ethos, which appeals to an ethical approach, and Pathos, which appeals to an emotional approach.…
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is not the “Christian choice” for Hollywood actress Melissa Joan Hart, who was not planning on voting this year until she found that her views aligned with that of Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson. In an interview with The Blaze, Hart said she was discouraged by Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, but she later found hope in Johnson. Now, she has become the Libertarian presidential candidate’s Connecticut state chair and is tasked to promote him. “To me, true conservative ideals of just less government interference in our lives, he really stood for that,” Hart said in the interview.…
Politics are far more complex. Concluding, Thorson addresses the belief that resilience and strength are found in American political behavior. Both formal and informal rules construct the political process. Trump shattered the accepted norms of campaigning. He has promoted violence, insulted other candidates and criticized past presidencies from his own political party.…
Speeches are used for many purposes; inspiring, informing, influencing or entertaining people. During the United States presidential campaign many candidates give speeches around the country, trying to influence people to vote for them. One such candidate is Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, who is a successful businessman, television personality, and author, which he mentions briefly in his speech announcing his presidential campaign. This speech is significant as it is the first of many that Trump will give concerning his presidential campaign.…
After her time as the first lady, Hillary Clinton secured a seat in the senate, and then served as the secretary of state in the white house under Obama. (4) She was also a lawyer who worked on the Watergate scandal. (5) On the 12th of April 2015, she officially announced her candidacy for president.(1)…
According to Mark Huelsman, who wrote the article, “Clinton vs. Trump: How your vote will impact your student debt” from Complex, illustrates Trump’s behavior in a summary of his presidential campaign. He states, “once he (Trump) called women “disgusting” for breastfeeding, kicked a crying baby out of his rally, and said that men who take care of their children are acting “like the wife” (4). As seen above, is an example of how the United States still has a gap of gender roles. Before continuing, gender is culture and sex are biological. Therefore, in terms of gender roles, the United States culture tends to still have the traditional perspective of women’s roles within the nation, although with time has evolved.…
The Controversy When this attack was first reported, Hillary Clinton and national security adviser Susan Rice, told the world that it was an “ angry mob responding to a video made in the U.S. that mocked Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, but officials later determined that it was a terrorist attack”. Greg Hicks was the U.S. deputy chief of mission in Libya at the time of the attack. Hicks relayed to the White House, State Department and others that this was a terrorist attack from when it first occurred. Hicks wanted to know why his words word turn, and why the American people were lied too at first. Additionally Hicks on an interview with CNN stated that " if we had been able to scramble a fighter or aircraft or two over Benghazi as quickly…
The 2016 election has definitely been one of the most talked about political events among the younger and older generations. This election has brought rivalry and protest among many individuals. Hillary Clinton is the candidate representing the Democratic party, while Donald Trump is the candidate representing the Republican party. Many voters are very attentive to following this presidential campaign and making sure that with their vote the right president is chosen. The two candidates have very different point of views among what they believe will make the United States of America still the best country in the world; they have very unique political views and standards.…
The United States was built on the basis that individuals have freedoms that cannot be taken from them. Over the course of the country’s nearly 250-year history, those freedoms have helped shape a political system that encourages independent actions amid a lack of hierarchical constraints. That isn’t to say that there is no authority within the U.S. government, but rather it marks a uniquely undisciplined structure for the country’s two-party system. The current Democratic and Republican system is undisciplined because the parties do not consist of individuals – both politicians and citizens – who always line up directly with the larger organization. Intentional parameters in elections and representation were put in place to allow for this,…
One of the hallmarks of American democracy is the election of a president. During the course of the campaign of a candidate, they offer Americans solutions and suggestions that the nation wants addressed. In this past presidential 2016 election season, the issue of immigration became one of the most discussed and divisive points of conversation among the candidates and the voters. Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton expressed their views on this issue and offered their own proposals that they felt best addressed the issue to the American voter.…
The founding fathers of the United States never intended for the nation to be dominated by two political parties. However, over the years, the nation has become a modern two-party system, where the Republican and Democratic parties have dominated American politics. Initially, the views and issues of the Republican Party was originally the same views shared by the early democratic party. The early Democratic Party possessed conservative ideologies which opposed expansion of federal power, supported states’ rights and supported discriminatory Black codes. While the Republican Party were quite liberal and supported the expansion of federal power, civil rights movement and desegregation of schools.…
There are many Americans that have opinions about what they would tell presidential candidates about what they should change when they become president. There are diverse opinions throughout the country. However, there are several pieces of advise on changes and improvements that an american could discuss with the next presidential candidate. The first piece of advice an American would tell the presidential candidate is that as it stands now, United Sates immigration laws are unclear and misleading. There are millions of illegal immigrants who have come to this country or been born in this country to an illegal alien who are productive citizens and deserve a pathway to citizenship.…
When first considering what politics meant to me personally, I started by looking at definitions of the term. A definition that can be applied to the term politics is the academic study of the government and the state. I feel as though this specific definition closely exemplifies what politics means to me because all of my experiences with politics have all been associated with my recent study of political science here at Lakehead. Based on this definition, the meaning of politics relates to the study of government, how government functions and the effects that it has on the state. This is due to the fact that the only experiences I have in politics have been through the various political science courses I have taken over this past year and…