Pre-reading questions:
- Do you practice your voting rights?
- Do you think election is the best way to choose leaders?
- Are you familiar with the United States Presidential candidates?
Donald Trump, a New Yorker businessman who’s running for 2016 United States presidential election says that his opponents would want to rig the election at the polling place. He also adds that many cities are corrupt and voter fraud is very common. But according to various studies, voting fraud is not common in the United States. A Republican campaign lawyer, Chris Ashby, explains in an interview that when you say an election is rigged, you’re telling voters and your supporters that their votes do not matter. Ashby also concludes that Trump’s statements will just cause confusion to the survey.
According to the Republican spokeswoman AshLee Strong, The House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan is fully confident that America will continue this election with integrity, while Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook says, Trump’s issues on the voting system is an act of desperation. Trump’s rigged election issues is brought out a few days after the Access Hollywood tape is released; he is caught on the record confessing on how he kissed and touched women without their permission. They want to put nice sexy headlines up even though nothing happened, Trump said, blaming the media for trying to poison the minds of the voters. But, yet he strongly denies all the allegations.
Vocabulary:
opponent – rival
fraud – scam
rigged – manipulate
integrity – honesty
allegation – accusation
Comprehension Questions:
- Why do you think Donald Trump won’t commit on the election results?
- How is the voting fraud in the United States?
- What did the Republican campaign lawyer, Chris Ashby, explain in an interview?
- Do you think the 2016 United States presidential election will continue?
- Why did Trump bring out the rigged election issues?
Express Your Opinion:
- “Many cities are corrupt and voter fraud is very common.”
- When you say an election is rigged, you’re telling voters and your supporters that their votes do not matter.”
- “Blaming the media for trying to poison the minds of the voters.”