Vice Presidential Debate Essay

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

The US Presidential Election of 2000 featured George W. Bush and Al Gore. It will go down in history as one of the most closest elections¡¦ in US history. It also goes down as one of the most controversial. The final decision was based on just a few hundred votes in Florida. The controversy began when the media prematurely declared the winner twice based solely on exit polls. They finally conceded that the Florida count was just too close to predict. It would take a month before the election was ultimately certified after numerous court challenges and vote recounts. Republican candidate George W. Bush was declared the winner of the Florida¡¦s 25 electoral votes. This was a victory by a razor thin margin of popular

While both sides did exceedingly well, the con side did just slightly better and therefore won the debate. The pro side did do a better job creating thoughtful responses and quoting from sources, but the con side did a few other things better. The con side had the better opening

The 2016 presidential election seemed to be a particularly hectic election. On November 8,2016, I was checking my Facebook newsfeed. As I scrolled through my newsfeed, I see a lot of posts related to the election. People would post opinions on each of the presidential candidates as well as which their predictions of which candidate will win. The newspaper websites provided frequent updates throughout the day to inform people about the progress of the election. That night, I watched tentatively as the ballots were being counted, and I saw people’s comments of shock and disbelief when Trump managed to get ahead of Hillary in terms of electoral college votes.

In my opinion, on the first 2016 Presidential Debate, Donald Trump and Secretary Hillary Clinton did have a fair debate about topics of the host’s, Lester Holt, choice. Hillary Clinton did, in fact, win. I think this for many reason but some in particular stand out to me.

The second presidential debate was held at St. Louis, Missouri on a Sunday Evening, October 9th, 2016 at 9:00PM. The debate lasted until 10:30PM. The debate involved presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Just like the First Presidential Debate, this debate mainly focused on the candidates and their plans for the future. That night, there was a lot of opposition in opinion on both sides. It was a heated battle. Both Trump and Clinton battled it out with facts, some of which were both very strong and very weak.

The debate was deluged with policies and issues. Even though candidates probably had a plethora of issues they wanted to address, the time limit, and the debate format stood like a glorified barrier. The issue was raised on how to create jobs to minimize the unemployment rate. The other issue raised was regarding taxes. Issue was raised regarding which tax policy would turn out to be most cohesive and profitable with time. Issue about current race relation was raised along with the ways to improve it. Another issue that was raised was regarding national security. Personally, I think that issue regarding tax stood out in the debate.

The debate I am choosing to watch is the Republican Presidential Debate, and my focus would be on examining Donald Trump’s portions. The debate of course, is about Republican candidates who are running for president (intended for the next four years) debating to the public on who is a better choice to vote for. In the broad sense, Republicans takes on conservative stand on issues. They believe the federal government shouldn’t play a big role in the citizen’s lives. Most Republican wants lower taxes in addition to less government spending on social programs such as healthcare, food Stamps and education. The portions that I am looking at would be the part where Trump talks about building a border wall and also where he speak of immigration. It

The Vice Presidential debate, held at Longwood University on October 4th, was between the Democratic candidate, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, and Republican candidate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence. Specific issues were asked about by the moderator, Elaine Quijano, such as specific qualities of the candidates that would make them good leaders if tragedy were to occur. However, the candidates used much of their allotted time to target the opposing presidential candidate and would then interrupt their opponent multiple times throughout their answer. Comparing the citizenship qualification of the United States to Germany may be helpful in solving the current immigration problems facing our country. The Vice Presidential debate showed the differences in opinion on immigration; the Republican campaign looks to build on the current enforcement-only policies and the Democratic campaign seeks to secure the country while attempting to help immigrants and their families.

What do I think? After reading NPRs fact check of the third presidential debate I maintain a different mindset than when I first endured the debate of our two presidential candidates. Although seeing the debate on tv might cause some voters to sway towards one candidate rather than the other it is apparent to me now that we are not always getting the full story. I am not as thoroughly educated as some of my peers or voters I do have an opinion on who I would vote for if I could and if I hadn't read this article my decision would have been made under false pretenses under the debate itself not the tangible evidence. This is a well known problem for americans voting without true understanding for the issues or for the suggested solutions, I didn't

First and foremost, thank you for being here in support of the student government association. I want to thank our amazing dean Edina for encouraging me to run for vice president of SGA. Many people have asked me why I am running for vice president. Would you ask a fifth grader if he is going to go to the 6th grade? No right because they have to keep going to the next level. Ever since I came to the University of Bridgeport, I constantly looked for ways to become more involved and to keep having an impact in the university. Every year, here at the University of Bridgeport I am involved in something new. Whether it's being an OL, President of a Club or even starting a chapter/club which is known as the food recovery network, with the help of my peers. The food recovery network have recovered more than 300 pounds of food that would otherwise have been thrown out.

With the 2016 election in full throttle, Kennedy and Nixon’s presidential debates of 1960 are still very much a part of American democracy. Televised presidential debates have become a backbone in an American election. Although these debates are now considered a norm in American politics, this has not always the case. Even after the first time a presidential debate was held between presidential candidates from across the aisle, it took another 16 years for another debate to occur. It is highly doubtful that either Nixon or Kennedy, much less anyone else of that time period, would have been able to foresee the effects of their debate. The presidential debates between Kennedy and Nixon have shape American politics for what seemed like the better but as more and more research is published, this claim is starting to fall apart. While presidential debates offer the public a chance to compare and contrast the Republican and Democratic presidential candidate, they have an impact on viewers that is not always positive. Rather, televised presidential debates impact voters across the aisle and throughout levels of political awareness. An in-depth look at the history of televised presidential debates and their impact on viewers could answer the question of whether televised presidential debates should remain a central part of the modern American democracy.

Another thing they had talked about during this program was the fact that at the Republican Presidential Debate, the moderators were deliberately turning the candidates against each other with the questions they were asking. They were purposely trying to get them to fight with each other instead of trying to get them to discuss the real issues that needed to be discussed. The moderators just wanted to see how the candidates reacted to this

Cain Stevenson --”Hello, and welcome to the 78th presidential debate held on channel 13, Fox News. Today we have a very special debate, all five presidential candidates are with us today in the sold out Gillette stadium. And boy can you hear the the screams of the 70000 fans cheering on their candidates. This stadium is filled to the brim with die hard fans ready to chug down a beer and sucker punch a man 4 times their size for their candidate. Massive crowds have formed outside hoping that they might get a chance to see the candidates,in person arriving. Let me tell you the last seventy five debates have been a brutal showdown, and over 17 candidates have left the ring blooded and heart broken. I am your moderator, Cain Stevenson and let

The Second U.S. Presidential Debate was advertised like a WWE brawl on television. It cannot be disregarded that Mr. Trump interrupted the moderators and Clinton multiple times during the debate, but the moderators also interrupted Mr. Trump more frequently than the moderators interrupted Senator Hillary Clinton when Clinton derailed from the question(s) and topics at hand. Mr. Trump blasted the moderators, Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz , for not interrupting Clinton when she went a minute over schedule (Mallenbaum, 2016). Raddatz attempted to jump in the debate herself when she tried to lecture Mr. Trump on why the media announces imminent attacks prior to ignition (Fox News, 2016). At a later time, Clinton smirked and smugly requested a “fact check”, while ten minutes prior, Clinton fibbed again about her