Ted Cruz And Hillary Clinton: A Case Study

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Within the next fourteen months, the United States of America will elect a new president. There will be many candidates to choose from; narrowing the choices will help gather more accurate information. Once the candidates announce that they will be running, the madness begins. They begin trying to defeat each other by talking badly about their fellow candidates, even in the same party, just to make themselves better known. Although all the candidates have the same goal, to help make America better, they tend to fight constantly against one another. It is the American citizen 's responsibility to decide who will be the next great president; this task that can be more challenging than it seems. This becomes more difficult for individuals …show more content…
The religious beliefs of a candidate help give an idea of where his or her morals originate. A moral is an individual 's belief in what is right or wrong; the faith of a person has an influence on his or her morals. Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton both have religious backgrounds, but their faith plays different roles in their everyday lives. Clinton was raised as a Methodist, and shows all the traits of a Methodist. Some of Clinton 's beliefs are often opposed by Christians, because her morals seem to be pleasing to the people, although they may not be correct. With abortion a well-known topic in society, some people are not aware of what is taking place in abortion clinics. Abortion is killing a life, an unborn baby, who cannot choose life or death for his or herself. Clinton fully supports abortion because she wants women to have a choice, but who is to say an innocent baby is to live or die. An article, by Andrew Blair, shows how Clinton finds the Planned
Parenthood videos disturbing; however, her plan is to legalize abortion, and set no

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