United States presidential election, 1968

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    Game Changer: Social Media and the 2016 Presidential Election” author R. Kay Green (2015) discusses strategies the candidates are using in order to win over the minority vote, which is to connect the millennial generation with social media. Specifically, social media has been shown to improve voting patterns because the younger generation can see and read about the election through social media. For instance, the subject matter first appeared in the 2008 elections as Barack Obama was the first candidate

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    Hi Professor Cohen and classmates, President Obama’s Speech on Flint’s Water Crisis About five months after national news broke about lead-contaminated water flowing from the faucets of homes with a vulnerable population of 99,000, (mostly poor minority residents). And when President Barack Obama was moved after receiving an invitation from Flint resident, 8-year-old, Amariyanna Copeny “Mari aka Miss Little”. On May 04,2016, President Obama boarded Air Force One and land at Bishop International

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    Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda Former congressional staffers reveal best practices for making Congress listen Donald Trump is the biggest popular vote loser in history to ever to call himself President-Elect. In spite of the fact that he has no mandate, he will attempt to use his congressional majority to reshape America in his own racist, authoritarian, and corrupt image. If progressives are going to stop this, we must stand indivisibly opposed to Trump and the members

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    exposed the unpredictable nature of public engagement and response. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the formality and ceremony of traditional political engagement has, to an extent, been abandoned. Throughout the course of the 2016 US presidential election, celebrities have used their status and personal platform to voice their stance in the debate and name their preferred candidate. This essay will explore: The current trends of celebrity rhetoric in the current campaign and how each respective

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    As we approach the final day of the US election, polls show vantage for Clinton, the representative of the democrat party over Trump, the representative of the republic party so far. FiveThirtyEight, Nate Silver 's predictions and polling data for the 2016 presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, tells, 49.2% of the popular vote goes for Clinton and 44.5% of the popular vote goes for Trump. These popular votes conducted in November 2, 2016. Clinton and Trump are the only candidates

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    Sandy Hook. It is crazy how all you need to understand an event is a title. By not say much there is a great chance that you already feel the emotion of Sandy Hook, you know what it means and what it stands for. It is sad, yes, but it is an event that will never change and that challenged a nation as a whole. Opportunities like these, although tragic, are moment in which we can see the true nature of our leader—the president. In Obamas speech at the Newtown, Connecticut prayer vigil for the victims

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    On June 21st, 2010, Father 's Day, President Barack Obama delivered a speech in Washington D.C. addressing a crowd of his cabinet members, veterans, senators, and normal fathers. He aimed to give a speech about promoting responsible fatherhood, but his speech went beyond that. He addressed the crowd with a calm demeanor and a strong voice, and gave a speech on the importance of being a present father and the many lasting negative effects that having an absent father can have on a child. His heavy

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    A rhetorical analysis of Bill Clinton’s Nomination Speech In a world of politics, many politicians are involved in negative campaigns and as a result healthy conversation among politicians often lead to a disaster. With the endless political news cycles, rhetoric is essential for politicians to deliver their speeches. Therefore, in this essay, the style and delivery of Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention will be examined. It will be using the three main appeals of Aristotle’s

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    face hard. Starting with the little things, this is how the 2017 presidential election changed my view on this world and my world as well. In 2012, the presidential election was between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. This part of my life seemed like a blur, as I can't recall lots of memories from that time period. Aside from that, one thing was prominent from that point in time. While watching the television the night of the election, I didn't pay close attention to it. Mainly because my twelve year

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    and Disclosure Act, which restricted credit card companies in many aspects. Barack Obama’s presidential decision in limiting deceitful policies and excessive fees, made by credit card companies was a good one because it was beneficial to society in the long term by limiting corrupt companies, by protecting minors, and by restricting difficulties for consumers regarding gift cards. The Credit CARD Act states that its purpose is “consumer protection.” Barack Obama, in a 2009 speech, also further addressed

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