How Candidates and Groups Try to Influence Your Vote 📢

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe ways that candidates get their messages to voters
• Analyze the role of interest groups in the election process
• Explain how candidates and interest groups try to influence the way people vote
• Explore the importance of the media in election campaigns

⏰ What We Did

• Examined historic campaign ads from previous presidential election cycles to identify propaganda techniques

⚙️ Resources

• "I Like Ike" (Dwight Eisenhower, 1952)
• "Kennedy For Me" (John Kennedy, 1960)
• "Daisy" (Lyndon Johnson, 1964)
• "Nixon Now" (Richard Nixon, 1972)
• "Prouder, Stronger, Better" (Ronald Reagan, 1984)
• "Bear" (Ronald Reagan, 1984)
• "Tank" (George H.W. Bush, 1988)
• "Read My Lips" (Bill Clinton, 1992)
• "Rats" (Republican National Committee, 2000)
• "Windsurfing" (George W. Bush, 2004)