Ms. Mckenney
Social Science
14 January 2016
Presidential Match-Ups
Democratic politician Hillary Clinton is argueably one of the most qualified candidates running for the 2016 Presidency. She was once the First Lady of Arkansas and the United States and has political experience being former governor of New York and Secretary of State. She emphases issues like affordable college, income inequality, and workplace policy reform to demonstrate her attention to Americans' basic economic concerns, attracting US citizens to be on her side especially from the lower class. Clinton’s net worth is estimated at $31.3 million. This number comes from analyzing her 2015 U.S. Public Financial Disclosure Reports. These numbers …show more content…
He is a natural born citizen and meets the age requirement for a president. He has political experience such as, being elected to the U.S. Senate after 16 years as Vermont’s congressman in the House of Representatives and also he’s now serving his second term in the U.S. Senate after winning re-election in 2012 with 71 percent of the vote. He has an estimated net worth of $417,515 Sanders describes himself as Socialist and progressive who admires the Nordic model of social democracy.On one of his speeches Sanders said, "I don’t believe government should take over the grocery store down the street or own the means of production, but I do believe that the middle class and the working families who produce the wealth of America deserve a decent standard of living and that their incomes should go up, not down. I do believe in private companies that thrive and invest and grow in America, companies that create jobs here, rather than companies that are shutting down in America and increasing their profits by exploiting low-wage labor …show more content…
Republican voters say that he is currently the strongest candidate. For every ten Republican, seven voters say Trump could win in November 2016 if he is nominated. Trump's net worth is the highest of of any presidential candidate. He is worth approximately 10 billion. Donald Trump has no political accomplishments; he has never been elected office or any position of significant public trust. In my opinion he is a really bad candidate, he has no experience whatsoever except in maybe business. Even that is a reach because he's been bankrupt a few times. He speaks without knowledge of his topic and tries to justify his opinions. I will vote Bernie Sanders because he is the best candidate running and the one that will benefit me the most. He advocates for free college, is pro choice, supports the BLM movement, and wants to help the environment. I'm voting Sanders because he wants to make real changes that will revolutionize the country. He is the president we