The Desired Effect of Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates

The 2008 presidential and vice presidential debates have proved that they did have their desired effects as introduced in the textbook. We can see that Obama team has been more successful in doing their job according to the analysis of the poll on The 2008 presidential and vice presidential debates have proved that they did have their desired effects as introduced in the textbook. We can see that Obama team has been more successful in doing their job according to the analysis of the poll on www.electoral-vote.com, in which Obama got 349, while McCain achieved 174 and there are 15 ties. The presidential and vice presidential candidates did create conflict, the essence of drama that attracted a lot of electorate. The presidential and vice presidential candidate debates have reinforced the positions of a candidate’s partisans, which can be vividly seen from the immediate audience’s response shown in the opinion poll line on the video clip of their debate and the general public’s heated discussion about their candidates’ performance in winning the debate or losing the debate. Also, debates increase the voters’ knowledge of issues. In the recent vice presidential debate, both candidates are successful in relating issues to their overall themes. Biden calls for change, while Palin stresses bi-partisan cooperation for the benefit of America. However, Biden’s logical organization of his ideas in responding to Palin’s attack help the public better understand the urgency of some issues such as economic crisis and pollution of western coast of America. The vice presidential debate best illustrates the effect of modifying candidate images in that the electorate has a more positive impression of Biden’s leadership qualities and personal qualities. Biden’s experience and competence are obvious through his calm but forceful attack on his opponent in the speech. Actually, he just impresses us that he could even play the role of a president. Debates also build confidence in U.S. democracy for the electorate can make a more rational decision as to choose the one who will run the whole country in the near future. Debates provide voters with greater exposure to information about the candidates so that they may either reinforce their former opinion or change their opinion of a candidate and find enough reasons to make their final choice., in which Obama got 349, while McCain achieved 174 and there are 15 ties. The presidential and vice presidential candidates did create conflict, the essence of drama that attracted a lot of electorate. The presidential and vice presidential candidate debates have reinforced the positions of a candidate’s partisans, which can be vividly seen from the immediate audience’s response shown in the opinion poll line on the video clip of their debate and the general public’s heated discussion about their candidates’ performance in winning the debate or losing the debate. Also, debates increase the voters’ knowledge of issues. In the recent vice presidential debate, both candidates are successful in relating issues to their overall themes. Biden calls for change, while Palin stresses bi-partisan cooperation for the benefit of America. However, Biden’s logical organization of his ideas in responding to Palin’s attack help the public better understand the urgency of some issues such as economic crisis and pollution of western coast of America. The vice presidential debate best illustrates the effect of modifying candidate images in that the electorate has a more positive impression of Biden’s leadership qualities and personal qualities. Biden’s experience and competence are obvious through his calm but forceful attack on his opponent in the speech. Actually, he just impresses us that he could even play the role of a president. Debates also build confidence in U.S. democracy for the electorate can make a more rational decision as to choose the one who will run the whole country in the near future. Debates provide voters with greater exposure to information about the candidates so that they may either reinforce their former opinion or change their opinion of a candidate and find enough reasons to make their final choice.