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Democratic Debate Essay

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On October 13th, I watched the Democratic Debate, hosted by CNN, in the Terrace with many other students from Larzelere. I decided to begin to inform myself about politics and potential presidential candidates, since I will be a voting citizen by the time the next election rolls around. Coming from a poor small town community in northern Michigan, there is little involvement and education for politics. Voting is a private issue, and our government class was basically limited to the three branches of federal government. By attending the debate, I hope to become more educated about the politics in America, and be a more informed voter.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee were the five candidates present at the debate. Since they were all democratic, I expected a more …show more content…

They discussed a variety of different topics, such as troops on the ground in the middle east, tax increases, scandals, and many other issues. One prominent debate subject was the email scandal that Hillary Clinton was involved in earlier this year, when she deleted suspicious emails off of her private Secretary of State server. A major point against Bernie Sanders was the fact that he refused to serve in the Vietnam war and many of the other candidates bashed him, insinuating that he would not make a good military leader because he was a pacifist. Another major concern was gun control laws. Bernie Sanders supported gun control, while Jim Webb believed that gun violence goes down when more people are allowed to carry guns. These small differences in beliefs highlight each of the differences between each candidate, subtle but they can make all the difference in gathering votes. I felt that many of the participants tried to talk

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