The Idea of Progress - Is a Sweeping Political Change Way of Progress?

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[...] However, in real life, they just lower the damages slowly. Therefore, no one will vote for a candidate saying ‘I'll lower the damages slowly,' they only vote for someone like Donald Trump when he constantly said, during his electoral campaign and the different presidential debates we studied in class, the same key phrase: ‘I'll make America great again' which helped him to head for victory. III. Most of Promises Couldn't Be Considered as a Way of Progress On the other hand, most of his promises during his campaign couldn't be considered as a way of progress, but rather as a step back. [...]

[...] Indeed, foreign events and the economy can derail a president's promised agenda. We should keep in mind that, in a decision bound by limited choices and their own directions, voters do not need much information to reach their conclusions about a presidential candidate. Further, voters are well aware of the limits on the president's campaign promises once he's been elected although they usually chose him owing to his charisma and popularity. Indeed, in the first American presidential debate, on September we analysed the gestures and postures of the two contenders: we noticed that Clinton didn't move a lot, she seemed peaceful and was keeping her hands set on her podium whereas Trump had a lot of hand manners and facial expressions. [...]

[...] The Idea of Progress - Is a Sweeping Political Change Way of Progress? The notion I'm going to deal with is the idea of progress. To begin, the progress basically implies changes and evolution from an old order to the new order, in different fields of society in order to enable people to have a better life. In terms of politics, the idea that all citizens should live by the same laws and receive the same protection is intuitively obvious. [...]

[...] However, certain of their promises can't be considered as a way progress but rather as a step back such as the end of Obamacare promised by Donald Trump. Moreover, some of the faith in the candidates' promises leave the electorate with little choice but to be almost entirely focused on what policy directions the candidates will likely follow if elected and not the specific of their policy promises. To my mind, the only solution to pass through, is awareness and educating people in the right direction. People's active participation in democracy is necessary in society. [...]

[...] It's widely hated by Republicans, who say the law imposes too many costs on business, with many describing it as a ‘job killer' and decrying the reforms as an unwarranted intrusion into the affairs of private businesses and individuals. However, after his victory, Trump softened his approach by saying he had reconsidered repealing the entire act after meeting with Obama, telling, he wanted to keep the ‘strongest assets' which is different to what he had said before. To conclude, it should be remembered that politicians are one of us. Therefore, they should, above all, reflect the views of their citizens and not their own interests by trying to improve their living conditions for instance. [...]