President Presidential Debates And Vice President 's Views About Our Economy

Another four years another presidential debate. Before I go on to the current debates let me state a few facts about past ones. The Lincoln and Douglas debate was in important because it started Lincoln presidential career. The Debates lasted from August 21 -- October 15. There where seven of them, with two days to two weeks in between. Each debate lasted three hours; first candidate spoke for one hour; the second for one and a half hours; the first replying for a half hour. Candidates alternated going first. The topics involved where primarily slavery and the Union. Other important debates were the '48 and '57. They were the only debates before 1960; there were no presidential debates between 1960 and 1976. In

We hold debates between the Republican and Democrats before the primaries, and then we hold debates between the two remaining presidential candidates. Upon first glance it may appear that the presidential debates are held to get to know the candidate’s positions on the various issues that are important to the American people; however, the format of the debates make it difficult to accomplish that task. Instead, it is more plausible that these debates are held in order to discover what the candidates are like personally because the debates provide ample opportunities for us to discover the candidate’s values. Ultimately, we want to find out the values that these potential presidents have because we want someone we trust to lead the

In order to have a government that is run by people; specifically, people that must choose a candidate to vote for, its seems fit that it would be important that there be adequate means of illustrating each candidate’s positions on all of the issues that the constituents care about. Presidential debates are the means of showcasing a candidates’ policies to the nation and at the same time they allow the citizens in the democratic society to make a more informed decision about their vote than they otherwise would have without a debate.

What factors are most accurate in predicting the outcome of a presidential election? In the book The Gamble, by John Sides and Lynn Vavreck, the factors of choice and chance answer this question through analysis of the 2012 presidential election. The term choice refers to the factors that the candidate has no control over, such as what the media chooses to cover and what the campaign chooses to make stances on. Adversely, chance is what the candidate has no control over, such as the state of the economy and partisanship. Sides and Vavreck refer to chance factors as fundamentals. I will argue that the economy plays the greatest role in deciding presidential elections. Campaigns and media are secondary to the economy and underlying voter partisanship, due to their inconsequential effect on voters. I will argue that chance is more important than choice from the evidence provided in the The Gamble, by John Sides and Lynn Vavreck, and Partisan Biases in Economic Accountability, by Larry Bartels. Political scientists evaluate and debate the role of choice versus the role of chance in predicting presidential elections. The economy and partisanship are superior at predicting presidential elections because the fleeting effects of media, the tug-of-war campaigns, strong voter partisanship, and myopic voters.

Watching the Republican GOP debates was very interesting, seeing how they are unique candidates. I chose to watch the Republican debates because I am not familiar with the candidates as well as I should be. The March 3rd and the March 10th debates enlightened me to their leadership styles, their plan and their character in general.

This paper will focus on some issues addressed by 2016 presidential candidates from Republic and Democratic Party. These presidential candidates are Hillary Clinton, Ben Carson, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trumps. Some of the issues that will be addressed are gun laws, abortion, immigration, same sex marriages and taxes.

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The vice presidential debate turned out to be more of tennis match of insults. Both side hit backhands at each other all night long. Instead of focusing on real issues, the candidates had a yelling match at each other all night. I believe this is the wrong way to have debates. All the time we have been in school, since kindergarten, we have been taught to raise our hands when we want to speak and be respectful to others. The vice presidents seem to have skipped all 12 years of schooling. No respect was shown towards anyone during the debate. Instead of Dekalb High School students doing Olweus, The vice presidents should take time and learn how to not bully one

The republican candidates for presidency, businessman Donald Trump, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, Ohio Governor John Kasich and former HP CEO Carly Fiorina all met in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for a debate hosted by the Fox Business channel. Debate topics range from immigration to Syria. Bush went after Trump, saying that to win, the GOP needs "practical" policies.

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The first of three 2016 presidential debates held on Monday, September 26, 2016 at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. The debate by Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, the presidential nominees of the Democratic party and Republican party respectively, covered three primary areas: achieving prosperity, America’s direction and securing America. The debate was anchored by Lester Holt of NBC’s nightly news with Hilary Clinton answering the first question. This paper highlights some of the main points made by each presidential nominee under the aforementioned broad headings and concluding with an opinion of who came out on top.

One of the customs of Presidential elections is the debates held between the candidates prior to that event. The topics discussed in these debates are of controversial nature and their role is to target and convince undecided and independent voters - those not belonging to a specific political party.

Once upon a time presidential debates were a platform that candidates would use to educate and inform constituents on the issues they want to solve and the policies they want to make reality. Formerly a television event that many Americans would watch in order to determine who they would cast their vote for come November 8th presidential debates have evolved into a comedy event.

There are many factors that can determine the “winner” of the debate. Such as how they spoke, what they spoke about, were they clear and concise, and do they look like they could be the President's successor if need be or, could they be the president's advisor? Based on the amount of time I watched the Vice-Presidential debate, I can say that the winner of this debate would have to be Tim Kaine because he seemed knowledgeable, confident, and he seemed like the right person in office.The only thing that I disliked was the fact that he was constantly interrupting Pence, like how Donald Trump was interrupting Hillary Clinton. At one point Elaine Quijano said “The people at home cannot understand either one of you when you speak over each other.

In the book The Presidential Difference: Leadership System from FDR to Barack Obama (2009), Fred l. Greenstein, a professor of politics emeritus at Princeton University. Identifies six leadership traits that shape a presidency. Professor Greenstein argues his point, by outlining examples from the past 11 presidents lack of skills; and how these six traits highly influence that character of a running candidate’s presidential administration. According to Greenstein in order to have a successful presidency there are six steps that must take place.