Propaganda Techniques In Presidential Elections

Politics are a big part of life in the United States. Voting for the next president is a very difficult decision to make. We all need to see what goods they will bring to our country, what things will they do for the country, and what things will be greater.The candidates running for president always send messages in their propaganda to convince us. Although the candidates make their own commercial to convince the people, those commercials have different techniques to persuade us and make us feel a certain way to vote for them. Their commercials include different meanings, and different propaganda techniques. They may use propaganda techniques such as Fear, Disapproval, Card Stocking, Glittering generalities, Vagueness, Band Wagon, Snob Appeal and other more. Candidates always think of ways to get people on their side to vote for them as the next president. One way of using their …show more content…
In her ad “Roar” she used the special propaganda techniques called, bandwagon and flag waving. Each person has their background of what they are dedicated to in life. They also have a small descriptions of what they are voting for. Which include, respect, courage, equali, community, fairness, higher wages, debt reliefs, our planet and the future, which is an example of Hilary using the technique bandwagon. She used normal people like us, and their reason for voting for her is saying that the audience should vote for Hillary because of those reasons too. Towards the ending of the video, it shows Hillary Clinton giving speeches of hope and her supporters cheering for her, that’s an example of when this ad included flag waving as another propaganda technique. Hillarys ad has many propaganda techniques, that has convinced people to vote for her. This new ad has convinced many people with these techniques. This ad gives hope for the people in the Unites