Presidential debate

What topics are labeled important enough to be talked about during presidential debates? Topics such as terrorism and national security; the economy; jobs and employment; and the Affordable Care Act and Healthcare all managed to be the center of attention during all debates. What topics were almost entirely ignored? Topics such as gun policy; social issues like LGBT rights and abortion; and the environment and climate change were put to the side to instead talk about Hillary Clinton’s email scandal

out to examine the influence of psychology used by presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the TV presidential debates. Persaud and Bruggen state that public perception influences votes, and that perception can be altered by strategies built on an understanding of psychology. It references a recent study in “Electoral Studies” by Peter Schrott and David Lanoue called, ‘The power and limitations of televised presidential debates: Assessing the real impact of candidate performance

Looking at the viewer rating of presidential debates in the election seasons can prove just how much people are interested in these debates. Voters have good reason to do so because debating can show many qualities of a person. These qualities become very important when it comes to presidential candidates because debates can show one’s thoughts about policies, the ability to carry them out, and ability to settle negotiations. Debating about policies shows whether one has made a judgment based on

Presidential Debate 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

of television, In 1960 Presidential Debate between Republican Vice President Richard Nixon and Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy was the first to be televised. “Television gave elected officials and candidates for office and unprecedented way to speak directly to millions, face-to-face”. The increasingly negative tone of ads and political commentary has driven many to abandon interest in politics. Television lets the viewers see what is going on in a political race, debate, and the polls as it

The participants of the first presidential debate are; Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The debate was 90 minutes long, and divided into 6 segments of 15 minutes each one. The three main topics of the debate were; Achieving prosperity, American’s direction, and Securing America. Achieving prosperity: Hillary Clinton stated: • To build an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top. • To raise the national minimum wage and also guarantee, finally, equal pay for women's work. • To

Presidential Debate Al Gore and Governor George W. Bush are running for the Presidency. The two candidates are in Presidential Debate to allow the voters to get an understanding of where they each stand on certain positions and policies. Bush and Gore have some similarities and differences on certain positions and policies discussed in the Presidential Debates. Education is an issue discussed in the Presidential Debate. Bush and Gore both agree that there is nothing more precious than

Olesya Tipikina October, 9th, 2016 Vice Presidential Debate I was not able to watch the debate the day it took place, however I did watch the entire debate online a few days after. It has been extremely difficult for me to watch this debate as well as the presidential debates focusing solely on their speaking styles, without paying much attention to the content that they are speaking about. It was also difficult to understand both candidates in some places, for they continuously talked over one

1. The presidential campaign of 2016 is one that is highly debated, historical, and one that created quite an interesting debate. Watching it in a lecture hall with people who I didn’t know with views that were unknown to me consistently reminded me of class in ways of debate structure. Just like our class, both sides were constantly doing a back and forth, but not incorporating a dialogue, each side would deliver a speech within time limitations, involve some rebuttal and then continue onto the

campaigns events and stump speeches, but more importantly candidates are givens the opportunity to contrast their ideas with other candidates in televised debates. On January 17, 2016, I tuned into the Democratic Presidential Debate that was hosted by NBC News in Charleston, SC and moderated by Lester Holt. This debate included all three Presidential contenders: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O’Malley. All candidates made reference to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in their opening statements