Informative Speech On Politics

I. Introduction

A. Attention Getter: Let’s pretend that we’re in a lecture where the professor is telling everyone about the importance of politics. While the professor is talking, those of you who know about politics will nod surely while others, myself included will look at the professor and nod politely, but we’re thinking to ourselves, “I have NO idea what (he/ she) is talking about”. For those of us who aren’t updating in current politics, you found that some of the information given was interesting; because of this, you may want to learn more about what’s going on in the world today and a good first step is learning how to register to vote.

B. Background and Audience Relevance: Lucky for you elections are coming up. Those of you who

Sub Point A: Clinton and Sanders are both Democrats and Trump is a Republican. As most of you may know, the donkey (and color blue) represents the Democratic Party and the elephant (and the color red) represents the Republican Party. Both parties have different views on social issues. The Democratic Party tends to be more liberal, meaning that they advocate change and new ideas, while Republicans are Conservative; they like to maintain the traditional values and beliefs. B. Sub Point B: When deciding on which political party you want to support you can go over each party’s or candidates’ views and see which one best fit or agree with your views. The following is one well known policy for each presidential candidate: Trump wants to build a wall across the Mexican border and increase the fees on border crossing cards, temporary visas and entry border ports to pay for it; Clinton wants to raise taxes on capital gains held for one to six years; Sanders wants to make public college tuition- free for everyone by taxing financial transactions. (Russell, 2016)

Transition (sign post, review, preview): We know how to register and we have an idea of who’s running for presidency this year, so now I will discuss when and where elections take