Reflection

Presidential Campaign Speech Reflection

1.  What was your role in the campaign and what did you contribute, besides your own personal speech, to the campaign effort?
I was the president. I wrote my own speech but I helped the other people in my group. We all came up with the slogan together. I help make the slogan and write some of the text.
Response:

2.  Which two propaganda techniques did you use in your speech and why did you select these techniques?
Bandwagon
Glittering Generalities
Plain Folks
Testimonial
Card Stacking
Transfer
Name Calling

Response:

I used these too methods because I thought that they would be best for my speech. I used Glittering Generalities because I thought that it would fit well for my part about taxes. I've seen many other elected officials use this method with the topic of Cutting taxes. I wanted it to seem like I had a great idea and my voters could be excited by the idea, not the actual plan. For the Plain Folks, I used a story to use pathos. I wanted my voters to know that I had a background and I wanted to relate with them.
3.   Which parts of your party platform did you present and why did you select those parts to present?
Cutting Taxes and Increase Military Spending.
Response:
I used those two because I thought that they were very important in America's future. I thought that they were topics that were very controversial but were very important. They also connected well and had a easy transition. They were both connected with money and what to raise and what not to raise. 

4.  Which two Presidential Responsibilities did you emphasize in your speech? How did you support these roles with evidence about your candidate?

Chief of the Executive Branch
Commander in Chief
Head of State
Director of Foreign Policy
Guardian of the Economy
Legislative Leader
Head of Political Party
Chief of Armed Forces 

Response:
For the Guardian of the economy, I talked about cutting taxes because people should be able to choose about what they want. I talked about the republicans point of view on the topic. I said we should lower taxes but didn't go into too much detail because I used the Glittering Generalities. As for the Chief of Armed Forces, I talked about my goal for the country. I told them that I wanted our men back in Iraq by the end of my 1st term. I told them my personal story to appeal to their emotions.