American Presidential Elections!
Trump or Hillary?
By Hamza and Rashma
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
Donald John Trump
- Hillary was born on the 26th of October 1947 in Chicago, Illinois.
- She was one of three children and has two younger brothers.
- She studied at Yale law school and achieved a Doctorate.
- Her father was a small business man in the textile industry and her mother was a home maker.
- She married Bill Clinton in 1975 after having me him at University.
- When Bill was first elected in 1978 Hillary had still kept her last name the same and this was seen to be very controversial by people in Arkansas. It was seen as defiance to the typical female role.
- After realising this was detrimental to her Husbands Campaign, she changed her name to the one she has today.
- She was first lady from 1993 to 2001, she was senator for New York from 2001 to 2009 and Secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.
- Hillary was part of a huge email scandal which involved her sending and receiving over 2000 classified emails on a private server from her house while she was secretary of state.
- Donald Trump was born on the 14th of June 1946 in Queens,New York.
- He had 4 other siblings and 3 are still alive today.
- He has a bachelors degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
- His father,Fred Trump, was a very successful property developer in New York.
- He vowed never to drink or smoke as a result of the death of his older brother Fred Jr from alcoholism.
- As a child he was deemed a bully by many of his peers and teachers and hence he was sent to New York Military Academy, where he fitted in really well.
- He was going to run as President in 2000 for the Reform party but withdrew early and is now running to be president of the US in 2016.
- He has been married 3 times and is now married to Melania Trump.
- He has an estimated net worth of over $3.7 Billion.
- Has been a controversial person due to his 'policies' and statements he has made over the last year.
Why Vote for Trump?
Why vote for Hillary?
- He isn't a normal 'corrupt' politician.
- He wants to reduce tax rates for working class Americans and for large corporations to increase investment in the US.
- Wants to replace the Affordable care act as he doesn't believe that 'one size fits all'. Instead he proposes that insurance companies should tailor their products to their customers specifically.
- Trump wants to increase spending on infrastructure as every $1 spent on infrastructure has a larger return to the economy in the long run.
- Hillary wants to make University tuition free for anyone who has a household income of under $125,000.
- She wants to "offer hard-working, law-abiding immigrant families a path to citizenship."
- Wants to introduce the Paycheck Fairness Act.
- She will increase background checks on gun sales as over 13,000 people are killed a year due to gun related violence.
- She wants to increase the minimum wage from $7.25 to $12 an hour.