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Title: Coming to a voting booth near you


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2008 Presidential Elections
  • Coming to a voting booth near you

2
How will you vote?
  • Democratic vs. Republican

3
What are the major issues?....
  • Abortion
  • Capital Punishment
  • Education
  • Immigration
  • War
  • Money
  • Sex

4
.And where do THEY stand?
  • Abortion
  • Democrats believe a woman has the right to
    choose.
  • Republicans believe that life begins at
    conception and that a woman does not have the
    right to take a persons life.
  • Capital Punishment (also known as the death
    penalty)
  • Republican beliefs are based on the Christian
    bible an eye for an eye. (To Kill)
  • Democrats believe in second chances and
    rehabilitation. (Not To Kill)

5
Where they stand, continued
  • Education
  • Democrats are for universal government provided
    education.
  • Republicans support private education.
  • Immigration
  • Republicans want to close and protect US
    borders from illegal immigration.
  • Democrats want to open US borders to immigrants.

6
Where they stand, continued
  • Sex
  • Democrats believe in sexual freedom, which
    includes the right to enter into same-sex
    marriage.
  • Republicans believe that marriage is defined as
    the union between a man and a woman and that
    same-sex couples should not have the same rights
    as heterosexual couples.
  • War
  • Republicans want to continue to fight the war in
    the Middle East.
  • Democrats are the "Peace Party", are strongly
    against war.
  • Money
  • Democrats believe in equal distribution of
    wealth everyone should get a little of
    everything.
  • Republicans believe in checks and balances, and
    that there is a natural order in which wealth is
    already distributed. Money stays where money is.

7
You might be a .
  • Democrat
  • If you believe that a woman should have the right
    to chose whether to keep or abort her unborn
    child, or
  • If you believe that some criminals can be
    rehabilitated and re-released into society, or
  • If you believe that everyone is entitled to free
    and public education, or
  • If you believe that everyone should have a chance
    for success no matter what their citizenship
    status is, or
  • If you believe that everyone has the right to
    love and/or marry whomever they please, or
  • If you support pulling our troops out of the
    Middle East and ending the war, or
  • If you believe that money should be spread out
    evenly
  • Republican
  • If you believe every child has a right to life,
    no matter the circumstances, or
  • If you believe that some crimes should be
    punishable by death, or
  • If you believe that private education equals
    quality education, or
  • If you believe that the US should protect its
    borders from illegal immigration, no matter what
    the cost, or
  • If you believe homosexual marriage should be
    outlawed, or
  • If you support the war in the Middle East, or
  • If you think the rich should stay rich and the
    poor should stay poor.

8
Now that youre informedHow will you decide?
Pro-Life Gun Control Pollution
Democrat... Universal Healthcare Pro-Choice
Money Wealth Government Assistance
Independent Poverty Republican
Private Insurance Undecided
Conservative Liberal Closed US
BordersImmigrationPeace Open US Borders
Yes No Child Left Behind Lethal Injection
No Private Education Maybe Public
Education Rehabilitation War Civil
Union Legal Marriage Welfare
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Remember..
  • No matter what you decide, make sure your
    decision is an INFORMED decision! Get to know
    your candidates (local and national).
  • This presentation was brought to you by
  • David W. Carter High School
  • Junior State of America
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