About the 2016 Presidential Elections

This is a video of highlights of the second presidential debate. You might have heard or read about it:

As you should know, Donald Trump is one of the 2016 US Presidential candidates.

He’s a notorious man. Do you know which political party he stands for?

Let’s find out a bit more about his bio.

Before watching this video, do you know the answer to any of these questions below?

Now watch this video and answer the following questions:

1. When and where was he born?
2. What is his middle name?
3. Complete this sentence: He ________________ from the Wharton School of ________________ at the University of ________________ with a degree in ________________.
4. True or False? Correct the false statements.
   1. He followed his brother’s footsteps by entering real estate
   2. In the 1970s he took advantage of New York’s financial crisis by purchasing property and renovating apartment and hotel complexes around the city.
   3. One of his most striking triumphs was his renovation of the Grand Hyatt in downtown Manhattan.
   4. In 1980 he moved into the casino gambling business by acquiring property in Las Vegas.
   5. He opened the biggest hotel an casino in 1990, The Taj Mahal, in Hollywood.
   6. In 1998 he bought the Plaza Hotel.
   7. In the mid 1990s he was close to bankruptcy.
   8. He owns the Miss Universe organization.
   9. In 2004 he became executive producer and host of the ABC reality series “The Apprentice”.
   10. He campaigned claiming that Obama was not born in The USA.
5. Where is The Trump Tower and what is it?

And do you know much about Hillary Clinton?

Before watching this video, do you know the answer to any of these questions below?

Now watch this video and answer the following questions:

1. What is her middle name? And her maiden name?
2. When and where was she born?
3. When did she become interested in politics?
4. True or False? Correct the false statements.
   1. Her father and Hillary herself were Republicans.
   2. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1979.
   3. In 1968 she heard Martin Luther King’s speech, became extremely interested in public service and became a Democrat.
   4. She met her future husband, Bill Clinton, in Wellesley College.
   5. As a young lawyer she worked for the Children’s Defence Fund.
   6. She married Clinton in October, 1975 and their only child, Chelsea, was born a year later.
   7. She worked as an attorney for the Rose Law Firm.
   8. As First Lady of Arkansas she was very interested in education issues.
   9. In 1983 Bill Clinton became the 32nd President of the USA and Hillary began her two terms as the nation’s First Lady.
   10. Bill had campaigned by saying that if you voted for him, you got 2 for 1, but the country was not quite ready for an activist as First Lady.
   11. In 1996 she became a Senator for the state of New York.
   12. In 2008 she ran for President, but lost the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama.
   13. When Barack Obama became the President in 2008, she was Secretary of State until 2014.

Watch one thing Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton like about each other:

Electing a US President in plain English (video and comprehension questions).

This is also a good resource: US election 2016: Meet the US presidential candidates