Studio Practice: OUIL505 The US election research

Seeing as I'm focusing on the US election, I thought I should probably do some research into it, as I am not too informed on the subject.

THE US ELECTION

General Information:
>Don't have to hold office
>Each state will have a caucus (meeting) - vote for who they want to be in charge for each party
>Never had any left wing candidates - no socialists - considered to be like communism and a european thing.

Election day - second Thursday of November since 1845 (Nov 8th 2016)

>President lasts 4 years - allowed to be elected twice

2016 Election:
Democrats: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders
Republicans: Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz

>Republicans stronghold is in the south - trick the population into voting for them by talking about American values

Hillary Clinton: 'Hillary for America'

>Wife of former president Bill Clinton

>Broad supporter from minority voters, LGBT voters and majority of white voters

>Focused candidacy on:

Raising middle class outcomes
Expanding women's rights
Instituting campaign reform
Improving the affordable care act

Bernie Sanders: 'Feel the burn'

>Most 'left wing'

>Uses social media as a platform for promotion such as Facebook & Twitter and even answers questions on Reddit

>Supporters liberal-leaning democrats & white

>Focused candidacy on:

Fight the decreasing income of the middle class and the increase wealth inequality
Investing in infrastructure and making it easier for workers to form a union.
Opposed to trans-pacific partnership
Global warming being a serious problem
Supporter of universal healthcare
No to war

Donald Trump: 'Make American Great Again'

>No political history - business man and tv personality

>No 1 Dick

>Focused candidacy on: