Essay Question
You watch a presidential debate, and the moderator of the debate asks a candidate the following: People criticize U.S. politics when it comes to elections and voting, campaign money, information, rights and liberties. What are your thoughts? The candidate answers as follows: Americas democracy is perfect! Ill give you five fabulous reasons why. Firstly, the presidential election is so clear and simple. Its not like you need to write out a math formula to find out who won! Thats why voter turnout in the U.S. is the highest in the world. Secondly, campaign money is always limited by the FEC, and theres 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 candidates 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
