Fallacies In Presidential Elections Essay

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American politics has a long history of being drenched in fallacies; it is what politicians thrive off of, it is what fuels the fire that gets their campaigns moving. Every election campaign has its fallacies, but some are more plagued by them than others. There are presidential candidates who are known for basing their campaigns and administrations off fallacies and faulty facts and agendas. For example, everyone knows that Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, was infamous known for being a liar and a crook. I will be exposing the fallacies of a more modern presidential candidate, one who I was alive for and was able to experience the fallacies directly from, Mitt Romney. Romney’s whole campaign and administration were primarily focused tearing down Barack Obama; they did this with the use of fallacies such as, appealing to fear, ad populum, strawman, post hoc, and begging the question, all in hopes of swaying the election in their favor. One way Romney’s administration attempted to sway the vote in his favor was with the use of instilling fear in the voters. He did this by spreading lies about his opponent Obama and painting him as a communist, immigrant, and Muslim. All things that our …show more content…
Romney attacks Obama for, “apologizing for America abroad” (Romney 2012). Romney fails to mention the complete chaos and destruction that the United States has caused in other nations, and that is it entirely appropriate to apologize for such heinous activities. Romney also criticizes Obama’s stance on healthcare, and completely misrepresents it by demoting it to only a “government takeover of healthcare”. This generalization and misrepresentation of Obama’s position are used to swayed the voters by making Obama’s positions less desirable and breaking them down into their most unattractive
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