It's time for another Presidential Candidate Primary Debate! We need your help to get the attention of CNN’s @AndersonCooper, the moderator of tonight’s Democratic Candidates Primary Debate, as well as the attention of the candidates!
Listed below are presidential candidate Twitter handles, along with sample tweets that you can use before and during the debate to let the candidates know that voters want the arts included in the national debate! Please include the Twitter handles for specific candidates when they are discussing the various topics.
In addition, we have sample questions to post in the comment section of CNN's Facebook post where they are accepting question submissions for the debate!
Presidential Candidate Twitter Handles:
Sample Tweets:
Before the Debate:
Voters want to know which candidates will support arts in education! Let's talk about #ArtsEd in the #DemDebate! #ArtsVote2016
In Iowa, @HillaryClinton said arts should be back in schools. Hope you’ll discuss your plan for #ArtsEd during the #DemDebate! #ArtsVote2016
.@BernieSanders, you recently promised you would be an arts President. Hope you'll discuss your support of arts at #DemDebate! #ArtsVote2016
Voters want to know how candidates will invest in art, a $699 billion industry! Info: bit.ly/1FKUbcm #ArtsVote2016 #DemDebate
It is National Arts & Humanities Month! Voters want to know which candidates support @NEAarts & @NEHgov. #ArtsVote2016 #DemDebate
During the Debate:
If candidates discuss the economy…
Arts is a $699 billion industry. That's more than agriculture or tourism! Arts = Healthy Economy #DemDebate #ArtsVote2016
If candidates discuss jobs/job creation…
Arts sector supports approx 4.7 million jobs w/total compensation of $334.9 billion! Arts = Jobs #DemDebate #ArtsVote2016
If candidates discuss education…
Arts education increases student academic performance & lowers dropout rates! #DemDebate #ArtsVote2016 #ArtsEd
If candidates discuss health/medical fields…
Arts used w/medical treatments can help reduce lengths of hospital stays! Arts = Healing #DemDebate #ArtsVote2016
If candidates discuss the military/veterans…
Art therapy can decrease depression & ease transition for veterans coming home. Arts + Military #DemDebate #ArtsVote2016
Sample Questions
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 14% of veterans entering the VA system are diagnosed with depression. They believe this is an underestimate of the actual percentage of veterans afflicted with depression. As president, would you support art therapy treatments in the VA which have been proven to decrease depression in veterans?
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act is in the process of being reauthorized in both House and Senate committees. Do you support the arts-friendly provisions such as maintaining the arts as a core academic subject in this piece of national legislation?
October is National Arts and Humanities Month. As president, how would you work with Congress to ensure that the National Endowment of the arts and National Endowment for the Humanities are properly funded and supported?