2020 Presidential Candidate Student Presentations, Part 1

Before embarking on our New Hampshire Presidential Campaign adventure, all students learn about all of the candidates running.  

In addition to their own research about each of the candidates, students draft short seminar papers about  one of the presidential candidates (including a brief biography, a brief review of policy initiatives/platform, a brief summary of his/her campaign strategy, and current standing in the polls (national, IA, NH, and FL).  Students are encouraged to consult the campaign website and candidate’s book, look at videos of campaign events and speeches (using the websites included in the Syllabus for the RTWH seminar), and consult news sources to learn more about the campaign strategy and current polling numbers (again, there are sites included in the Syllabus).

In addition to the written paper, students make a presentation to the class. These are typically multi-media presentations (e.g., we may watch and discuss the candidate’s TV ads, or the campaign website, or a short excerpt form a campaign event to illustrate a point about the candidate’s message/strategy).  

I assign the candidates for the papers, to ensure that we have a paper/presentation about each of the candidates running. 

In 2020, students prepared papers and presentations about 14 presidential candidates:

Democrats

1)     BENNET                                                                    7) KLOBUCHAR

Campbell                                                                                Carter

Rodriguez-Campos                                                                 Castle

2)     BIDEN                                                                       8) SANDERS

Collins                                                                                    Duarte

Crowley                                                                                  Etheridge

3)     BLOOMBERG                                                         9)STEYER

Fiore                                                                                        Hall

Gregory                                                                                   Hobbs

        4) BUTTIGIEG                                                         10)WARREN                                                Manning                                                                        Lopez

Martindale                                                                  Maechtle

             5) DELANEY                                                            11)YANG                                                            Mitchell                                                          Medero

            Nero                                                                            Miller

6) PATRICK                                                                       12) GABBARD

            Snyder                                                                                     Ortner

            Jimenez                                                                                   Rodriguez-Moreno                      

                                                                                                                                                       Republicans

13)     TRUMP                                                                     14) WELD                                   

Starr                                                                                        Terrell

Stephens                                                                                  Pasierb

Johnson

Here are some pics of my students presenting, part 1:  Bennet, Biden, Bloomberg, Delaney, Klobuchar, Steyer, and Yang.

 We will hear the rest of the candidate presentations next week.