Why Are You A Democrat? - Democrats Give Their Reasons

The video advertisement Why Are You a Democrat : Democrats Give Reasons ' speaks to the issue of why Americans choose the particular political party or doctrine to which they subscribe . This video is the record of the work of a researcher who accosts a group of Democrats at a fundraising rally and asks them to truthfully describe the reasoning behind their choice of political party . The researcher is in fact a person with an agenda of singling out the wholesome qualities that can be attributed to the Democratic Party and presenting them to the

public as coming from the mouths of regular ' people just like those who will view the video (Abraham . As a method of propaganda and advertising , it ministers to the ethos of identification with the common man as a means of enticing persons as yet undecided about their political affiliations In performing this task , the maker of the video utilizes not just the logos (convincing words ) of the persons interviewed , but also methods of editing the video in to create an effect on the viewer . The author of the video enjoys only partial success in his attempt to perform this

The video begins with a female speaker whose confesses that her reason for being a Democrat is that the values embraced by the party are similar to those she holds within herself - more so than those embraced by Republicans . It moves on to another speaker whose reasons are that he believes in equality and social justice . One...