The importance of presidential debates on voters is that it lets the voters know the candidates and their policies better, it also allows voters to see how they treat the other candidates or political figures. We see their personalities and policies when they are asked questions on the subject such as when Trump was asked about how he treats women or their plan to get the economy back on track. That part of the debate showed voters what kind of candidate Trump was and other questions showed voters about Hillary. Voters also learn more about and can compare plans and policies at one time while watching the debates. Finally, they show us how the candidates treat other candidates and political figures, if they treat the other terribly then voters
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This lead to her looking a bit more untrustworthy in my eyes. When her e-mail scandal and subsequently wikileaks was brought up she tried sidestepping and basically tried to turn it around to say that Russia was trying to influence the election in favor of Trump and that was bad but never gave a definite excuse for her e-mail but tried to sidestep to minimize the damage and even make Trump the bad guy. This could be seen as good as she minimized the damage and gave some to Trump but to me it made her seem even more suspicious and that the contained information was worse then we say. Trump had his own negative in the form of sound bites. Hillary used the let's build a wall and make them pay for it soundbite in order to call Trump out on his “cowardice” to bring the wall up to the president of Mexico. This made him look more cowardly and like he couldn’t get things done. The use of Hillary’s “America is great because America is good” sound bite was used well and appropriately as a closing. Trump sidestepped well changing the subject from how he treated women to Hillary’s e-mails and was done well enough. Trump’s other use of a sound bite “Let's make America great again” was done well and in good time. To conclude, both candidates had their ups and downs in the form of sidestepping and sound
This lead to her looking a bit more untrustworthy in my eyes. When her e-mail scandal and subsequently wikileaks was brought up she tried sidestepping and basically tried to turn it around to say that Russia was trying to influence the election in favor of Trump and that was bad but never gave a definite excuse for her e-mail but tried to sidestep to minimize the damage and even make Trump the bad guy. This could be seen as good as she minimized the damage and gave some to Trump but to me it made her seem even more suspicious and that the contained information was worse then we say. Trump had his own negative in the form of sound bites. Hillary used the let's build a wall and make them pay for it soundbite in order to call Trump out on his “cowardice” to bring the wall up to the president of Mexico. This made him look more cowardly and like he couldn’t get things done. The use of Hillary’s “America is great because America is good” sound bite was used well and appropriately as a closing. Trump sidestepped well changing the subject from how he treated women to Hillary’s e-mails and was done well enough. Trump’s other use of a sound bite “Let's make America great again” was done well and in good time. To conclude, both candidates had their ups and downs in the form of sidestepping and sound