Assignment One In Miles Benson article, Political consultants tailor candidates’ message to what the voters want to hear, he has several opinions and views on how political consultants, opinion polls and negative advertising affect how politicians want us to feel, react and ultimately vote. It seems that research has discovered that if a politician talks in platitudes he has a better chance of getting himself or herself elected. Being specific seems to detrimental because too many questions are asked. Bill Hillsman, a media expert said that, “obviously, a candidate seeking votes is going to emphasize shared concerns and issues that are popular. But all too often political leadership simply means finding out what the people want and telling them you’ll give it to them” (Benson A3).
It has been nationally and internationally proclaimed that the United States presidential election of 2008 was a historical election. The election can be considered historical for many reasons, most notably because the first African American president was elected. However, on a grander scale, the election of 2008 has brought about a significant party realignment with a powerful Democrat Party now dominating the fallen Republican Party. Conservatives, whose traditional stance is against change, found themselves voting for a very liberal candidate campaigning for change, Barack Obama. Barack Obama’s ability to garner many voters from the Republican Party, particularly conservatives, caused his landslide win in the presidential election and reflects the current shifting of party loyalties in the American political landscape.
The articles analyzes the recent loss of credibility within the news industry. Samuelson argues that readers choose their media outlets on the basis of partisanship. Which means Conservatives choose media outlets such as Fox News and listen to Rush Limbaugh. While Liberals are bound to listen to National Public Radio because it’s become known as their news outlet. Samuelson defends his claims with figures from the Pew Research Center, making them claims of fact.
Do you believe you can change the government for the better? Just wait until the next elections in the United States. There are political parties with ideas, who believe they can. Political parties are defined as an organized group of people with the same political aims and opinions, who seeks to change the public policy by having their candidates elected to the public office.The media ,Political Parties, Voters, and the Electoral Process are all connected, the next president of the United States will face a more difficult economic and fiscal situation than any President in recent memory. While some citizens would prefer that governmental leaders implement spending cuts while others would favor an increase in revenue, as a practical matter the country’s precarious financial situation cannot be addressed exclusively by just one of these options.
Should presidential candidates stick to positive campaigning and discuss issues or engage in negative campaigning and smear each other? The political world now and days has become very corrupted. Instead of trying to highlight where each presidential candidate stands on issues that are happening now, people are focusing on things in the past. I believe no one is perfect and candidates are no different than regular people. The political world needs to put emphasis on the issues that not only the United States is facing but that the whole world is facing as well.
Chloe Mballa Pd: 4 The War Room Assignment The Warm room is an insight documentary on what campaigns usually do and how they increase popularity for their candidate. It shows how the media is also involved in presidents and show their role in them, The media plays a crucial role in presidential campaigns. They can either make or break candidates. The media can allow the candidates to get their names to a wider audience or they can decide to bring down their opponents. Also, the media increases the popularity of candidates in presidential campaigns.
Not only focus and care about the people, like Obama displays, but also for the politicians to change their attitude and views. Obama suggest that “each would require a change in attitude among those in power. Each would demand that individual politicians challenge the existing order; loosen their hold on incumbency; fight with their friends as well with their enemies of abstract ideas in which the public appears to have little interest. Each would require from men and women a willingness to risk what they already have.” (134) According to Obama these
Propaganda Miguel Guzman Have you ever wondered what propaganda means? Propaganda are posters, cartoon pictures, radio, newspapers, and etc that bring information or rumors to the public. They also try to persuade people into agreeing to or joining certain occurring events or problems in life. Propaganda is made for certain audiences during the occurring event. For example, presidents use propaganda to encourage people to vote for a certain democracy being republicans or democrats in the U.S.
However, it was Blair that truly started the media frenzy surrounding Prime Ministerial candidates around the general election. He used to his likeable personality and charismatic speeches to sway the public into voting for a local MP that they might know nothing about. Tony Blair made the public feel as if they were voting in a Prime Minister as opposed to a local
Since the 1960’s, the television has been influential in the United States presidential elections. Visuals shown on television tend to have a negative impact on who is selected during elections. For instance, Television affects who is elected by moving candidates from pursuing issues to pursuing images. In other words, television causes people to look more on a candidate’s physical features and social status other than the literal issues they plan to fix as President. Consequently, this is caused because television restores the feeling of direct contact within our society which causes people to feel like they know their Presidents and therefore cause elections to be in favor of the candidate with the most admiration from the community.