Political Geography And Corporate Political Strategy

The author, V. O. Key, states the results of a survey that shows that voters tend to vote for people who vote for candidates that will help them financially. He also states that people tend to vote for a certain party’s candidate because of their ties to the party. Key then declares that one can predict a person’s vote based on their personality and attributes. Key also shows that although these behaviors show strangeness, the voters have great importance to politics. Key says that the voters’ behavior has importance as it helps candidates discover the nature of the voters’ interests to try gain an advantage. Finally, Key states that voters behave as well as possible, considering the possibilities of other

Section II: The location, neighbors, land, and natural resources have culminated into a substantial advantage for the United States political development. Geography plays a vital part in the development and sustainability of any nation. However, this role is not always readily apparent.

My time spent this semester interning at Winning Strategies Washington (WSW), a Washington, DC based Lobbying firm, really opened my eyes to the many different types of activities done behind the scenes in order to; support, oppose or amend legislation, secure grant money for clients, and determine how new legislation and tax proposals could affect each of their clients. Lobbying is thought to be an industry that only exists for just the few wealthy large corporations that seek to undermine society, however, WSW lobbies all issues whether they be small, bipartisan, non-profit/for profit, etc. Over the course of the semester, it had occurred to me that lobbying is the epitome of a democracy at work, with

In a political geography overlap, most land properties can be governed by several governmental agencies. Initially, Mid-America Christian University is an organization part of a government agency, MACU main campus located at 3500 SW 119th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73170 is an accredited business and set to professional standards. The University could be considered as a government agency that has primary domain over the land because the organization is the owner of the land. The second government agency that sovereigns is the Oklahoma City government. This form of government has a Council manager for each ward in Oklahoma City. MACU is the eighth ward of Oklahoma City. The city laws circumvents the MACU policies which could cause issues

Political behavior, in organization, consists of activities that are not required as part of an individual’s formal role but that influence, or attempt to influence, the distribution of advantages and disadvantages within the organization.

In “The Sound of Money, How Political Interests Get What They Want,” Darrell M. West and Burdett A. Loomis state “Strong organization and control of financial resources have allowed many interest groups to exercise substantial –even disproportionate- influence in American politics” (205). Those with the most money and deepest pockets have the greatest resources in order to provide favors to legislators. It is with this money and its power that bonds and relationships are created allowing a lobbyist to ask for favors. In turn, these favors result in legislation that benefits the interest group. “This creates serious problems in terms of representation. To the extent that elected officials listen more to or are influenced by those who are wealthy…it skews out representational system in favor of the haves over the have-nots” (West and Loomis 229). This means the sector that primarily benefits from interest groups are big businesses. The wealthy corporations attain the most benefits and their self-interests become the forefront in Washington. West and Loomis expand on their point in saying:

Therefore, even though there are more important aspects of political life that can engage citizens. However due to the lack of differences between the major political parties being observed in many democracies, the personalisation of politics can help engage the those that may feel detached from their political identity.

While theory on, the subject argues for and against the notion of public participation (Irvin et al, 2004) , in my opinion the benefits of public engagement far outweigh the negative aspects. Moreover, the advantages of public participation are several especially for countries where passivity is culturally embedded or power distance is high and political gridlocks occur frequently.

Living in the United States of America can give us a false sense of comfort in our democratic system. At the core of the democracy system is the belief that the voice of the people, either directly or through representative, is the defining power within the country. Due to the freedom within our culture, our economy has grown at unprecedented rates and to levels that exceed almost all other countries. However, because of the growth and size of industry their voices are also being heard and followed within our democratic system. These massive companies have lobbying power and can directly impact this country’s economy in either a positive or negative manor. Therefore, it is critical that these large companies act in an ethical manor

Politicians run the United States, or do they? Recent studies show that large corporations and businesses that fund candidates are actually behind what policies are being made, they also influence what laws are being changed or updated, and who wins these elections. It is no secret that these corporations play a vast role in politics. It takes a generous amount of money to fund a campaign and an even more substantial amount of money to fund a successful one.

Many studies on different countries have established that the greater economic status of the individuals corresponds to greater political participation. Political commitment is quite rigidly subordinates to the following logic: a certain social and economic position that evokes a sense of social and political competence generates a certain level of political participation. Understanding political participation presupposes the ability to understand

This paper will study the question of why some individuals are more politically active than others. Politically active in this study means voting in a local, national, or federal elections, writing to elected officials, participating in political campaigns, and being interested in politics. Being politically active is central to a successful democracy. Studying the reasons that affect whether a person is politically active or not will allow those in politics to make changes that make it easier and more likely for citizens to become politically active. This will allow laws to be made that benefit the entire population instead of the relatively small amount of the population that votes in elections. Elected officials only listen to the needs and wishes of those who vote because they decide if he will maintain his job. While there are many factors that affect whether a citizen is politically active, this paper will only discuss education, socio-economic class, and race.

The role of money in political elections has become a topic of curiosity both to political observers and political scientists. There have been a number of studies done in order to find out if money truly does affect the outcome of an election. Some studies have found that there money does not impact the vote while on the other hand there are studies that have come to the conclusion that money does indeed make a difference of whether one wins an election or not. In this paper I plan on uncovering the truth of whether or not money can make the ultimate difference when it comes to winning an election.

This distinctive political “disengagement” can indeed be observed with increasing effect through history. From dropping voter turnouts to the impassive response of the public to what can only be called political tomfoolery, it is evident that today, more than ever, society is politically disengaged. Political culture along with various other socio-cultural factors is often blamed on both sides of this accusation.

Meanwhile, I have developed and identified the major concepts and variables, therefore this proposal will now move on to identify key indicators. Strikingly, motivation, recruitment and ability are the essential components of the political participation (Scheufele et al., 2003). Whereas, motivation depends on the psychological engagement with politics, the recruitment here refers to the various networks which gather public to the political activities. In addition, economic factors of time and money determine a person’s participation.