2016 Presidential Debate #1

On September 29, 2016 the first Presidential Debate took place. The debate was between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Candidate Trump is a businessman and nominee of the Republican party, whereas candidate Clinton is an American politician and nominee for the Democratic party. The topics for this debate where: achieving prosperity, America's direction, and securing America. Personally, the winner of this debate was Hillary Clinton. She used various techniques to convince the people she is the better candidate. Clinton mainly used logos to appeal to her audience. She gave us facts from her website as well as facts from her opponent. Clinton gave us statistics on tax cuts, jobs, and federal budget. She provided her plan which would raise taxes on the wealthy. Clinton had a very good eye contact, body language, and volume control. She also uses ethos because she has been working for the United State's government for many years, meaning that we know she has experience on politics.

Unlike Clinton, Trump said he would cut taxes on corporations to help the economy by providing jobs if the corporations did not go to other countries. He used logos, but not as effective as Clinton. Trump did not argue very well, he had no voice control, he barely allowed Clinton to speak; he was breathing heavily and drinking lots of water. Trump did not have a good posture, he was slouching.

Both of the candidates used logos to prove their arguments. Trump said he would reduce taxes from 35% to 15% for companies. Clinton said she was going to create millions of new jobs. Clinton and Trump kind of went different ways with the questions. Clinton brought up that Trump had not payed taxes and that is why he did not want to release his tax files. Trump sort of confirmed this statement when he replied, "That makes me smart."

The first presidential debate helped us get a better glance at our candidates. Hillary Clinton was well prepared for this debate. She brought up facts and statistics where as Trump's reply to almost everything was, "Wrong." Overall, Clinton was the winner of the first presidential debate for 2016, because she appealed to her audience using logos more effectively than Trump, she had better knowledge of the facts, used good word choice and posture in order to gain American votes.


SOURCE:
washingtonpost.com