In the 2020 Presidential election, Joe Biden and Donald Trump used campaign ads that attacked each other's personal character and integrity. According to Aristotle, these campaigns used which source of proof to persuade viewers to vote for the better candidate?

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Aristotle identified three sources of proof or persuasion: ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos refers to the credibility and ethical appeal of the speaker or advertiser. Campaign ads that attack each other's personal character and integrity are an attempt to damage the ethos of the opponent and enhance their own. Therefore, Joe Biden and Donald Trump's campaign ads used ethos as a source of proof to persuade voters.

In the 2020 Presidential Election, Joe Biden and Donald Trump