American elections 2024

American elections 2024
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American elections 2024

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Who are the presidential candidates for the elections?

Slide 2 - Woordweb

What happened to Biden during the summer?

Slide 3 - Woordweb

What do you know about Trump?

Slide 4 - Woordweb

Donald Trump
President from 2017-2021
78 years old
Republican party
Controversial
Policies: rebuild the economy, strong on immigration, war on drugs, no money to tackle climate change or to fund clean energy

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

What do you know about Harris?

Slide 6 - Woordweb

Kamala Harris
Currently Vice President under Joe Biden
59 years old
Democratic party
Did not become the candidate until mid July
Policies: building more houses, abortion should be made legal everywhere, lower health care costs, more gun control

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Who would you vote for?
A
Donald Trump
B
Kamala Harris

Slide 8 - Quizvraag

What does a 'running mate' do?

Slide 9 - Woordweb

Running mate
A running mate is the candidate for the position of vice-president and the person who is in the second position on the ballot (stemlijst). In general, the running mate does not have much power, but choosing who your running mate will be can lead to voter sympathy. 

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Do you know the names of the running mates this year?

Slide 11 - Woordweb

JD Vance
Running mate to Donald Trump
Hardliner, far right
Currently in House of Representatives
Small town guy



Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Tim Walz
Running mate to Kamala Harris
Governor of Minnesota (now)
Progressive, introduced free school meals and free education

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Questions while watching
  • What techniques does Harris uses when answering the question on immigration 
  • How does Trump react? Describe/give examples.
  • In what way does Harris uses the camera?

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

Slide 15 - Video