My assigned year was 2000, where the margin of victory was incredibly small for Bush and many believe that Gore should have won instead. After watching their respective ads, I can’t help but wonder what America would look like today if Gore had won. While Bush focuses on military defense and fear, Gore’s ads are mostly related to access to healthcare, education, and environmental protections. Although he might have exaggerated his claims and not actuated everything he mentions in the ads, I think that our environmental and educational systems would be far better than they currently are. Additionally, his tax plans seem to benefit the middle class with little harm done to the wealthy (this is not my expertise so excuse me if that is terribly incorrect). I believe that with him as president in 2000, we could possibly have better environmental protections and a less significant wealth gap today in 2021. Maybe I only see Gore as the better candidate because of this sense of possibility (and Bush as the worse candidate because I don’t agree with what happened during his presidency), but still, it’s an interesting reality to consider.<\/p>\n
My favorite ad of his was “Question” because it states the facts to refute Bush’s false promises that were made in his campaign. Bush apparently promised one trillion dollars of surplus to both students and seniors, when only one could have the money. I liked this ad because I think that it’s a sneaky way to manipulate the audience without them noticing. By presenting the information as neutral facts with an open-ended question, the viewer is far more likely to agree with the narrator and vote against Bush.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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