An intervention to decipher if Gifs and Memes (Visuals) are a more effective way of conveying political messages.

1. Intervention
By Jess Morrison & Catherine Shiels

2. Education
Immediately add an additional federal investment of
$20 billion towards school choice. This will be done
by reprioritising existing federal dollars.
Establish the national goal of providing school
choice to every one of the 11 million school aged
children living in poverty.
Work with Congress on reforms to ensure
universities are making a good faith effort to reduce
the cost of college and student debt in exchange for
the federal tax breaks and tax dollars.
- Donald Trump’s stance on Education
Launch a national campaign to modernise and elevate
the profession of teaching.
Provide every student in America an opportunity to
learn computer science.
Every student should have the option to graduate from
a public college or university in their state without
taking on any student debt.
- Hillary Clinton’s stance on Education

3. Economy
Create a dynamic booming economy that will
create 25 million new jobs over the next decade.
Reform policies with a pro-growth tax plan, a new
modern regulatory framework, an America-First
trade policy, an unleashed American energy plan,
and the “penny plan.”
Boost growth to 3.5 percent per year on average,
with the potential to reach a 4 percent growth rate.
- Donald Trump’s stance on Economy
Restore basic fairness to the tax code.
Provide tax relief for working families from the
rising costs they face
a 100-days jobs plan: Break through Washington
gridlock to make the boldest investment in good-
paying jobs since WW2
- Hillary Clinton’s stance on Economy

4. National Security
Increase the size of the U.S. Army to 540,000
active duty soldiers, which the Army Chief of Staff
says he needs to execute current missions.
Provide the U.S. Air Force with the 1,200 fighter
aircrafts they need.
Invest in a serious missile defence system to meet
growing threats by modernising the Navy’s cruisers
and procuring additional, modern destroyers to
counter the ballistic missile threat from Iran and
North Korea.
- Donald Trump’s stance on National Security
• Hold China accountable. Work with allies to promote strong rules of the
road and institutions in Asia, and press China to play by the rules—
including in cyberspace, on currency, human rights, trade, territorial
disputes, and climate change.
• Have a real plan for confronting terrorists. The threat we face from
terrorism is real, urgent, and knows no boundaries. Hillary has laid out
a comprehensive plan to defeat ISIS by: taking out ISIS’s stronghold in
Iraq and Syria.
• Preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
- Hillary Clinton’s stance on National Security

5. Health
• Integrate our nation’s mental and physical health care systems so
that health care delivery focuses on the “whole person” and expand
community-based treatment.
• Invest in brain behavioural science research. As part of a broad new
investment in scientific research, Hillary will provide new federal
funding for research into brain development and human behaviour.
• Defend and expand the Affordable Care Act, which covers 20 million
people.
- Hillary Clinton’s stance on Health
• Repeal and replace Obamacare with Health Savings
Accounts (HSAs).
• Work with Congress to create a patient-centred health care
system that promotes choice, quality, and affordability.
• Work with states to establish high-risk pools to ensure
access to coverage for individuals who have not maintained
continuous coverage.
- Donald Trump’s stance on Health

6. Group B

7. Education

8. Education

9. Economy

10. Economy

11. National Security

12. National Security

13. Health

14. Health

15. Conclusion

16. References
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