However, a company endorses a certain individual for reasons such as political similarities or to help promote their product. When an endorser or multi-million dollar company begins to put pressure on their endorsees, then that is when issues has occured. The endorsers are supposed to be helping the politicians and in return they get more publicity which helps them become more recognize. Some endorses expect to be favored by their politicians and expect them to bend the rules for them. Obama states “I’ve never been entirely comfortable with the term “special interests… there’s a difference between a corporate lobby whose clout is based on money alone, and a group of like minded individuals coming together to promote their interests; between those who use their economic power to magnify their political influence far beyond what their numbers might justify, and those who are imply seeking to pool their votes to sway their representatives.” (116) Obama is simply stating that
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.
With the rise in the professional politician many prefer to remain loyal in order to gain power and move up in the hierarchy as opposed to become a rebel who remains in the back benchers. This can be seen after the vote on tuition fees and the liberal democrats. Despite the fact that they had campaigned for this cause endlessly only 26 (including a few Conservatives) chose to vote against the bill. Whips play an important part in removing efficiency from Parliament. By having whips who ensure that MPs behave in accordance to the decisions of the executive both Parliaments ability to scrutinise and hold the executive to account is diminished, but also their role as representatives of their individual constituency is also compromised.
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
Citizens must be engage in the decision making because this will have great impact on their life, therefore they should vote to express their opinion in the government. Voting is a privilege and a responsibility to citizen to participate in public affairs and choose those who should govern them. In the democratic process an election allows people to be represented in the political institution and now with the modern technology, it is easy to communicate and investigate the candidate and to make a decision on the party that will provide better services. Whether a citizen is voting individually or belong to an interest group donating funds will help him play a role in the influence on political
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.
Rather, they produce news that caters to their customers tastes. Which slowly causes news organizations to become more selective in their stories. Eventually leading to organizations with a well rooted reputation for producing slanted and distorted information toward one side of the political spectrum.
After spending the primary season trying to prove they are most in tune with their party, they run for election on the basis of being most in tune with the nation. However, large swaths of the nation are at odds with the social contracts that politician holds with their party (or, otherwise, they would all be members of that party). This sets up the confusing political structure in American culture where politicians must first promise their parties they care strongly about certain issues, then assure the rest of the country that they do not actually care that strongly (Strom 1990). This confusing political structure emerges directly out of the conflicts in the
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).
Manipulation of media is of course one of the main factors. Nowadays, we know all too well how easily it is for media corporations to support one political agenda or another by twisting facts and feeding false information. Consumerism, supported and viralized by media, also carries a message which tends to separate those who consume a certain kind of product from those who do not, stating that the former are happier than the latter. This exercises certain social pressure among consumerist individuals who may somehow see their social status affected and thus feel left out. As a result, the key for the survival of individuality lies in how conformist the people are ready and willing to become.