2016 Presidential Paper
1. Candidates’ Names:
A) Donald Trump
B) Hillary Clinton
2. Comparison: Three issues:
A) Immigration:
According to Clinton, after she becomes president of America she will close private immigrant detention centers and putting an end to family detention (Latin Post). Also, she proposes to expand medical coverage to immigrants regardless of their legal status by allowing them to buy into the Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges (Latin Post).
According to Donald, he purposes to totally and completely shutdown of Muslims entering the U.S. and endorse mass deportations of illegal immigrants. As well as, Trump built his platform on the claim that he would send all 11 million illegal immigrants back to where they hailed from (Pathivara Mohan).
According to David Easton, politics is the authoritative allocation of values (Class notes).
B) Education:
According to Clinton, she purposes free tuition at public colleges and universities for students whose families earn less than $125,000 annually (Alan).
According to Donald, Republican will rescue kids from failing schools by helping their parents send them to a safe school of their choice (Alan).
According to David Easton, politics is the authoritative allocation of values (Class notes).
C) Foreign Trade:
According to Clinton, she calls herself “an emphatic, unwavering supporter of Israel’s safety and security.” As well as, she has long advocated a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians (The New York Times).
According to Donald, he did not “want the enemy to know what I’m doing”. And he has masterminded a, “foolproof way” to defeat the Islamic State “quickly” (Gerry).
According to Harold Lasswell, politics is who gets what, when and how? (Class Notes)
3. Contrast:
A. Health Care:
According to Clinton, “Affordable health care is a basic human right” as she wants to continue Obamacare (Washington Post).
According to Donald, Republicans are “going to repeal Obamacare and tend to replace Obamacare with something so much...
