Comparing Michelle Obama's Platform And The Democratic Party

WHY Michelle Obama is running for office: In Michelle Obama’s first major address at the Democratic National Convention, she declared “I love this country”. Obama wants to serve as a compassionate servant leader for her country. During her time as the First Lady, she used her platform in the White House to address issues like access to better schools for children, access to healthier food for children, and access to better job training for all Americans. She rarely shied away from taking on her critics and had no problem inspiring Americans across the political spectrum. Running for office will allow her to put further emphasis on these issues in America. Throughout her life, Obama had experienced both sexism and racism, and these experiences have prepared her to defend our
citizens. Michelle Obama is determined to help America. She wants to increase support for our veterans and military families, fight for the poor, standup for hardworking Americans, and motivate young people by improving the education system. Obama also wants to advocate and support important issues such as child obesity, racism, inequality, etc. by running for office, she believes that she can make an impact and contribute positively to the society.

HOW does Michelle’s platform align with the party’s platform: Michelle Obama’s platform and the Democratic Party’s platform are similar in many ways.
In healthcare, Obama wants to promote the health of American by developing an efficient and effective healthcare system and she also wants to bring awareness to child obesity and mental health issue in America. In a similar way, the Democratic Party’s platform is to “ensure the health and safety of all Americans” by “supporting community health center, securing universal health care, treating mental health, protecting and promoting public health, etc.” Both Michelle Obama and the Democratic Party have similar platforms in education as well. Obama wants to ensure that every young people in America gets an opportunity to pursue their education. She wants an affordable and advanced education system. Similarly, the Democratic Party wants “to provide quality and affordable education” by “making debt free college a reality. Both Michelle Obama and the Democratic Party support our veteran and military family. Both also want to bring Americans together by guaranteeing civil rights, women’s rights, LGBT rights, and people with disabilities’
rights.

Michelle’s PROMISES to the American people:
Michelle Obama promised to raise income and restore economic security for hardworking Americans (specifically the middle class), create good-paying jobs, fight for equality (socially and economically) and against inequality, protect voting rights and restore democracy, provide quality and affordable education for our young Americans, ensure the health and safety of fellow Americans, support our veterans, protect American’s value, and remove barrier to opportunities. Michelle Obama’s slogan is “Together we can make CHANGE, Together we can make it HAPPEN”. This represents Obama’s guarantees to the American people by telling them how she is going to make change happen in America. All her promises (stated above) in improving the economy, political system, education system, and our society in general are all associated with change. In her slogan, she is telling America (basically giving a promise) that she can make that “change” happen with their support (through the use of “together”).