Inside the Beltway”- Someone who is “Inside the Beltway is separate from the rest of the country because of the political climate inside Washington D.C.
2. “Above Politics”- To be “above politics” is to be detached from the political spectrum and to make decisions based on the laws and constitution of the United states.
3. Pundit- an expert in a particular subject who often comments on what is going in his/her field.
4. Soundbite- A snippet of a speech or presentation that is recorded and broadcasted.
5. “rank and file”-The members of an organization who are the leaders.
6. Maverick- An individual who does things in an “outside the box” kind of way.
7. Partisan- A person who strongly believes in/supports a cause
8. Bipartisan- When two political
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“Swing state”- A state that can learn to either side of the political spectrum.
11. “Dirty tricks”- An unfair attack on a political rival meant to make them look bad.
12. “Stump speech”- An ordinary speech made by someone who is running for office
13. Lobbyist- Someone hired by an industry to convince legislatures to make laws favoring that industry.
14. Bandwagon- An activity or idea that suddenly becomes “all the craze these days.”
15. Spin- To take a bad event or accusation and use against you and use it to your advantage.
16. “Boondoggle”- Work that has no real use but puts up the appearance that you are doing something helpful.
17. “Red tape”- following too closely to rules and creating extra obstacles to jump over.
18. Gerrymander- an unfair way to create electoral districts in which all of the supporters of a party are concentrated into one district while everyone else is in the other districts in order to ensure more electoral votes for a party.
19. Polarization- Opposite sides of a spectrum, perhaps in a political sense.
20. Lameduck- A period where an elected official’s successor has been elected but the official is still in office.
21. “pork barrel spending”- The spending of government funds to improve a specific represenative’s
An example would be during the Nazi’s reign in World War Two where the Jews were persecuted by Nazi Germany. Benevolent and intrepid neighbours would often choose to protect their Jewish friends through weaving elaborate webs of falsehood and truth. They had to live under the constant threat of death hanging over their heads, wondering if today was the day that the Gestapo would come banging on the door, carrying loaded guns at the ready. They must live the lies that they tell day and night; their truths buried deep underneath layers of deceit. Yet without these cozenage, more Jews would have been found and killed and the goal of Hitler to eradicate this race may have succeeded. Deception during times such as these are
The resulting districts are normally referred to as gerrymanders and they are composed of pro-incumbents and partisans. Partisan gerrymandering involves the redrawing of political lines in order to favor a given political party. Incumbent gerrymandering involves the redrawing of boundaries in a bipartisan manner that is aimed at benefiting the incumbents on both sides of the aisle (Snider 2012).
Trickery can be useful for companies wanting to sell products or entertainment. It helps actors, and especially politicians who need to gain support. To be able to make others believe in something that may not be true is an amazing skill to have but not the most essential as Hedge claims. A reason why artifice is not the most essential skill to have is because of the side effects that comes with it. In the end it is better if you are honest about things and try to find more positive things to gain support or money. It may be tempting to trick others especially if they are stubborn or strongly opposed you and your values but all together it will not work out and will not last. The most essential skill is not artifice because there are leaders that actually follow through with giving support
Leg one represents professional lobbyist, who influence and persuade government entity to achieve the particular outcome proposed (Milstead, 2013). Anyone can be a lobbyist, but it is usually someone from a special interest group who are seen as experts. These individuals give advice to policy and lawmakers regarding issues and rationales as to why one should or should not support certain issues (Milstead, 2013). For this policy to be successful and gain momentum, use of professional lobbyist is required. Examples of professional lobbyist would include the American Nurses Association (ANA), and Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Advancements in policies can be achieved with support backed by these organizations and
Gerrymandering is a form of boundary redistricting, in which the boundaries of an electoral district or constituency are modified for electoral purposes, often producing a contorted or unusual shape. The resulting district is known as a Gerrymander. Gerrymandering is used as a potential way to achieve desired electoral results for a particular party, or may be used to
Gerrymandering is the process of altering electoral districts to favor a political party over the other by receiving more votes in that districts based on the population demographics and party affiliation. Gerrymandering was founded when Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts had enacted a bill that would allow the state to the redistricted in a way that would favor the party he represented, which was the Democratic-Republican Party, over the Federalists. When the redistricting plan was brought to the press, the term was created using Governor Gerry's name and salamander after one district in Boston appeared to look like a salamander.
The article, “In Praise of Gerrymandering” written by Kevin D. Williamson, talks about gerrymandering, which is when politicians are cheating to be elected and shares his opinion that Republicans have become “too good” at this. He then illustrates that Democrats need to demonstrate better ways of obtaining votes.
2. Gerrymandering is used to describe the creation of an odd shaped electoral district in order to favor the candidates of one party. The problem is the district that breaks the other party’s majority into fragments happens when the party there by denying fair representation. That was the problem
There are obvious flaws in the American political system. However, gerrymandering, which has been undermining American democracy since the nation’s birth, has remained widely unknown. Gerrymandering, which occurs across the United States, is used by Democrats and Republicans to maximize the number of congressional seats they capture. Every ten years, the government conducts a census. Following the census, state legislatures redraw congressional districts to reflect population changes. However, state legislatures are often controlled by a single political party that unfairly redraws congressional districts in order to win more seats in the House of Representatives (Ingraham). Politicians concentrate the voting strength of the opposition
-This is called the “Lame Duck Amendment” because it abolished the Lame Duck sessions of the Congress but the President and Vice President didn’t take office until March 4th so the defeated officials were called “Lame Ducks”.
It is when one is dishonest about the opponent's argument to make theirs appear honest. In the movie Tangled, the evil mother tells her daughter that if she goes outside the outside world will take advantage of her beautiful, long hair. Also, she tells her that everything is evil.
Most career politicians have mastered the red herring technique, that is to say; they appeal to emotion of a receiver in order to distract from a main issue and in turn manipulate sentiment into order to persuade the outcome of a topic without providing factual evidence.
Contextomy. Have you ever seen this term? It seems to be an uncommon one. Back in 1966, a journalist named Milton Mayer coined it to describe the writings of the Nazi propogandist Julius Streicher. By the word Mayer meant that a quote was extracted from its original context and use to support one’s personal agenda, whether good or bad. Perhaps the idea of cherry-picking is more familiar to us. Regardless of which word we use, I think we can all agree the practice is an evil one. Its negative effects are placed on vivid display during political campaigns. In them, every candidate seeks to distort the platform of his or her opponents so that they are undermined and he or she is exalted. Again, it is quite clear that this is an evil practice.
allegations, etc., to assist or damage the cause of a government, movement, etc.,” and credulity is
Representation is the action of speaking or acting on someone’s behalf. However, due to the nature of political participation, many citizens are not able to represent themselves in government. A few reasons for lower representation for certain people may be discrimination for race, gender, sex, political ideas, etc. A popular case of lowering representation is gerrymandering, in which certain people manipulate the boundaries of voters to favor one (political) party over the other. This in turn, makes the minority votes become wasted, even with the smallest margin of victory. In the United States, this is a very common practice, however in Britain, redistribution of parliamentary constituencies is carried out by a nonpartisan Boundary Commission to ensure no one’s votes are diminished in the process. There must be more variety in political parties in the U.S. since there are large numbers of people’s preferences being ignored with only two major parties. Two party systems limit the options for potential voters as well as forcing people to either give up on certain issues