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You watch a presidential debate, and the moderator of the debate asks a candidate the following: \u201cPeople criticize U.S. politics when it comes to elections and voting, campaign money, information, rights and liberties. What are your thoughts?\u201d The candidate answers as follows: \u201cAmerica\u2019s democracy is perfect! I\u2019ll give you five fabulous reasons why. Firstly, the presidential election is so clear and simple. It\u2019s not like you need to write out a math formula to find out who won! That\u2019s why voter turnout in the U.S. is the highest in the world. Secondly, campaign money is always limited by the FEC, and there\u2019s no getting around this. Thirdly, the American news media does a fine job giving us important information to keep us highly informed. Fourthly, our Bill of Rights perfectly protects our civil liberties without any exception or loophole. Fifthly, there has never been a case where SCOTUS has weakened the civil rights protections of people of color. Is this candidate right? Or are things much more complicated? Using your superior knowledge of political science, write an essay in which you debate against ALL FIVE of the candidate\u2019s claims. The most important thing is to really, really explain your thinking. The more evidence from class (like specific class concepts, SCOTUS cases, examples, discussions, videos, etc.) and more explanations that you can include to support your arguments, the better you will do on the essay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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