United States presidential election, 1996

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    US President Barack Hussein Obama, in his speech made on September 8, 2009 in a national address to America’s school children, “Why We Need to Go to School,” tells the responsibility each of the students has for their education and the significance of learning. He adopts a sincere tone in order to appeal to similar feelings and experiences of learning in his young audience. Obama’s purpose is to convey the idea that, people need study and all the students should put their best effort into everything

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    Trump wanting to get rid of programs, for example DACA for his budget plan, while Obama started it to help out, yet they both had the same idea to make the country better. Presidential assessment is analytical because it helps us confirm strong leadership. There are two types of assessments; annual and comprehensive. Presidential evaluations, especially annual evaluations based on the president’s self-assessment, have become much more widespread as part of accreditors’ expectations for institutions

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    On September 11th 2001, the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out terrorist attacks against the United States. Two planes were flown into the World Trade Center twin towers. The third hit the Pentagon outside Washington, and the final plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were killed as a result, and this tragic event defined the presidency of George W. Bush (History.com Staff). Shortly after the attacks, President Bush delivered a powerful

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    every four years comes the Presidential Election. This is a current event that cannot be ignored given the amount of media attention and personal debates that occur from the national election. Given these facts, it is nearly impossible not to teach about the ongoing election within school classrooms. After reading Students learn about candidates, issues, civics it is clear that many different approaches are used to inform students about the presidential election, if the election is even discussed within

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    Should We Replace The Electoral College?

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    The United States, well known for its democracy, holds elections every four years to elect its President. Every American citizen over the age of 18 has a right to cast a vote in the presidential election. The voting process, although it seems easy and straightforward, can be very complicated. In the 2000 election, Al Gore captured the majority of votes, but George Bush won. The reason for this strange outcome and why Al Gore lost was because of the Electoral College. The Electoral College is

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    Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born in the New York City borough of Queens. He earned an economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. A third-generation businessman, Trump followed in the footsteps of his grandmother Elizabeth and father Fred in running the family real estate company.

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    1965 Election Elections

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    was evident in the change in campaigning techniques from the 1968 presidential campaign to the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns. In 1968, the effects of the 1965 Immigration Act were not yet evident, as the new residents of the U.S. that had immigrated to the U.S. immediately after the

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    The presidential debates have changed throughout the years. From my perspective debates do matter because the candidates debate to get chosen to change the United States into a better place. Appearance shouldn't matter but what you say and how you act should. If there were no debate there might wouldnt be a president nor voter. The candidates debate to change the United States.This year's debaters (Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton) are more concerned and after each other than the US. Both candidate

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    The 2016 presidential campaign is unfolding as 15 Republican have declared their bid for the presidency. As this race progresses, one issue they will face questions about how each would address the federal tax policy and how they will pursue a tax reform should they become president. The tax issue is a touchy subject for republicans as they hardly won on this issue since 1988. During 2008 and 2012, the GOP has managed to lose on the tax issue to President Obama. As many issues cloud the 2016 race

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    The U.S. election takes place on November 8th 2016. By the end of that night, there will be a new president of the United States, but a lot happens before that; both democrats and republicans need to pick their candidates for president. This process is called the Primary Election. The Primary Election voting usually takes between January and June. There are lots of republicans running.(Cruz,Kasich,Rubio,Trump) The democrats side has only runners, Clinton and Sanders. The first states to vote in

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