Rhetorical Strategies In Politics

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Why are politics sometimes such a difficult topic in any type of conversation? Should they even be discussed openly? Are you left or right? What does that even mean? Can you be neutral, without with just trying not to offend anyone, and appeal to all sides? Do we deserve to use rhetorical strategies in politics? How much can someone truly influence you and your beliefs? When does having enough money to out advertise or “sell yourself to the public” more than other candidates become an issue? Should our presidential elections be so hyped up? What if all the money spent on these elections was put towards a probable causes in our country? How influenced are we by our peers on our own political beliefs? Does the average American truly understand politics? Have you ever taken a political survey? They are quite interesting and eye opening. Most Americans know their political party or the one they usually lean towards every election. So sometimes the survey asks questions that are not relevant in ones decision making in politics. Which many people would be surprised how prevalent they are in our country today. Why are people so quick to jump to a side? Are they simply trying to get the benefits of their political party in office, or do they truly agree …show more content…
Health Care for example, everyone believes in universal health care. No one would want someone ill or injured to go without medial treatment. Why is this even political? Well how do you pay for it? It all starts there. Do you provide it to everyone out of all everyones pay check? Is everyone willing to pay for universal healthcare? Does the problem arise from the medical providers for having to high of prices? This simply topic can be broken down in so many ways the everyone can not simply agree on. This is the case for almost every political issue. Most often people know whether what is right or wrong, but the way you correct the issue is where most of these conflicts

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