Mike Smith COM-126 January 26‚ 2013 Tommy Hawk Agenda-Setting and the Presidential Election Elections of the past have had to rely on time consuming systems and procedures to compile information that would gauge the American attitude toward the political candidates and their respective platforms. The Presidential Election of 2012 has changed that system forever. This election came with state of the art technology that allowed live coverage of the endless campaigning followed by up to the
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In the Presidential Debate of 2012‚ presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama both explain their views and key aspects on taxes‚ oil/energy‚ and immigration by arguing and stating their opinions and ideas. However Barack Obama conveys his message more directly and thoroughly than Romney. Obama begins his argument on taxes saying that he wants to “relieve the middle classes‚” of the increasing tax rates that are being placed upon them; as well as to “cut taxes for small businesses
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Religion In The 1960 Presidential Election: A Rhetorical Analysis Religion was a hot topic during the 1960 Presidential Election‚ but not as a result of laws or policies. Rather‚ the media and public’s concerns grew over the religion of Democratic Presidential nominee‚ John F. Kennedy. As a Catholic‚ Kennedy sparked debates about the importance of Catholicism in his candidacy‚ as well as the separation of church and state under his administration. Kennedy received an invitation to speak to the
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Fiona “Why Americans Should Vote in Presidential Elections” Being able to vote for the leader of one’s country is one of the foundations that our founding father built this country on. When early settlers came from England their main goal was to start a country where people had the right to do whatever it is they choose to do with their lives‚ starting with freedom from a monarchy. People died in the Revolution for such freedoms as choosing the leader of their country. It started out as just caucasian
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John Edwards Presidential Election Speech On September 27‚ 2007 John Edwards gave a Presidential speech dialogue using not only television‚ but also an interactive website called myspace.com. John gave his speech at the university in New Hampshire. The college students from the university were allowed to ask questions‚ and there were also people using the online website that were asking questions as well. John gave a very persuasive‚ but very interesting speech. He covered every single topic
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Democratic Primary Election ------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey J. Lindstrom Introduction The correlations between a candidate running for election and a voter who participates in the election‚ in terms of support and participation‚ often involve the use of shared attributes to explain how said correlations have an impact on the outcome of the election. In a representative democracy such as the United States‚ the belief is that those who vote in elections wield the power to
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example of massive use of celebrity endorsements during elections is the Presidential Elections of the United States of America where re-electionist Barrack Obama from the Democratic Party used the famous host and
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Presidential elections have been going on in our county for hundreds of years. Most of them took place before television even existed. Television was invented witch color in the early 1960’s and that is when the first televised presidential debate took place (document D). Presidential debates‚ from the start have always been a pretty big hit on the television but ever since 1988‚ the debates ratings have been below 40. I think that this is because more interesting television programs have come
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The growth of Presidential Elections Since the Beginning of Mass-Media America has explored the field of technology and media‚ encountered new information and perspective‚ and exchanged information between the people of america and their presidential candidates in the american electoral system. Mass-media has completely changed the manor of American elections and revealed new ways to improve our voting system. We have encountered many new ways to spread information about elections and campaigns through
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Examine the significance of the televised debates in presidential election campaigns Televised presidential debates are held between the two major party presidential candidates that occur during September and October of the presidential election year. There is also traditionally one debate between the two vice-presidential candidates. The first debates were held in 1960‚ but it was another 16 years before televised debates were held again. There have only really been two debates that have been
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