Title: Coming to a voting booth near you
12008 Presidential Elections
- Coming to a voting booth near you
2How will you vote?
- Democratic vs. Republican
3What 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)
5Where 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.
6Where 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.
7You 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.
8Now 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
9Remember..
- 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