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media type="custom" key="27773847" width="148" height="148" The appeal to the people fallacy or appeal to stirring symbols fallacy is a fallacy of pathos and most often uses religious or patriotic symbols to convey strong feeling towards an issue or an individual, such as the american flag or people praying.

media type="youtube" key="cEOKJRkhpxg" width="560" height="315" In this ad campaigning for Ted Cruz there are many examples of this fallacy. In the ad a picture of his mother is used to represent women's oppression in what appears to be the 60's. Cruz also incorporates his family praying to reach out to a broader audience as well as items such as the debt clock and signs against Obamacare. All of these are symbols to appeal to a variety of different audiences to make them want to vote for Ted Cruz but for the most part have nothing to do with his plan of action.

media type="youtube" key="k9Kyrk5s26w" width="560" height="315" This is a satirical ad parodying political ads that are commonly seen on TV around election time. This ad is trying to get Kentucky voters to vote for "Gil Fulbright". In the beginning it shows horses running, pictures of Churchill Downs, bourbon, and KFC all of which are meant to play off of the pathos of the audience to get them to vote without focusing on any of his policy or actual intentions of his campaign.