Presidential Election Of George Washington

George Washington became the first president of the United States soon after winning the war against Great Britain, America becoming the first independent 13 colonies. Since the beginning of his presidency people trusted him, being the one who led the country to victory as the General, contributed to people having faith in him. It states in the book that he chose the Country’s well-being before his own and often made decision following his gut, “he took pains to elevate the public good over private interest and projected honesty and honor over ambition.”(Johnson) Washington took great responsibility and honor of the New build Nation, he didn’t take matters lightly choosing what was best for his country. During his presidency, he was a visionary

George Washington or better known as one of our founding fathers was unanimously voted for as president, among the Electoral College, and won with a total of 69 out of 69 votes, on April 6, 1789. Very soon after becoming president in the critical period of the 1780’s, Washington’s Administration under the Constitution

George Washington’s legacy is felt throughout American politics and customs with his precedents set in mind to ensure the welfare of America. The four precedents which held the most impact were his precedents of having a two-term presidency, maintaining neutrality in foreign affairs, convening the cabinet to for advice, and using force to uphold law. These four precedents had great impact and were pivotal in securing America’s future and maintaining America’s stability. The issues of foreign affairs is one which determine what paths America would take in relations with other nations.

However, between the 1950’s and 1970’s, campaigning was slightly different. Presidential candidates did not have a Twitter account to occupy the news channel it attacked the opposing candidate with subtlety, and in some instances addressed real issues. In other words, the presidential race in the decades of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s was to some extent cleaner than it is now. As a result, after reviewing different campaign commercials from 1950's one can conclude politics, especially campaigning, by the 1950’s Television ads became its most utilized political weapon.

The colonies decided to elect a president on the year 1789.  Washington was the first choice for president.  During the American Revolution , he was one of the best generals. For example, he was usually fighting along with his soldiers, not just giving orders. Also, Washington was never severely wounded in battle. Many people believe we would have lost the war without George Washington.

election. John Adams was elected vice president. Washington took the oath of office as the first

The ideal president is a strong, influential person with good values. With the help of propaganda, more specifically with the glittering generalities, endorsements, and plain folks methods, you will fit this image. Today, with many technological advancements people are more easily informed about elections. The more positive and real a candidate is, the more people will vote for them. With one million dollars, three different advertisements will be created that will captivate voters and help you win the race to the presidency.

George Washington held the position of president of president of the United States for two terms from 1789 until 1796. George Washington was not interested in leading the new country, but when the United States constitution was ratified in 1788. Americans wanted Washington to fill the post. Washington was admired and respected as a result of his success and integrity as the commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and as the President of the Constitutional Convention. When the Electoral College unanimously elected George Washington as the first president of the new nation, he reluctantly accepted. Although, many Americans and historian view George Washington eight years of presidency a success, he was met with many

The Election of 1800 was notably to be of the most significant elections in American history of governmental evolvement. It marked once power struggle to a astonishing transfer of power from one party to another in national government; this transfer of power was also accomplished in a non-violent and organized fashion, which marked the evolving maturity of the nation's first system of political parties . The election was a party contest for control of the national government and for determining the direction and management of national policy. This election was the first time both parties used congressional caucuses to nominate candidates for their ballots which was a never heard of occurrence in that day and age. This specific election also made second history in the first, as it was the first presidential election to be decided in the House of Representatives.

Over the years Campaigning in the U.S. has changed drastically because of technological advances, the internet, social media, and the real-time information sharing across the globe. One study suggest that over the years, examining 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012, political advertising has become more negative. The Wesleyan Media Project’s charts states and 2004 election 45 percent of the ads were negative, where in 2012 about 65 percent of the ads were negative.1 There are many speculations on why these negative ads are increasing with every election, but one fact is that campaigns can use negativity to bring attention to a certain topic and sometimes benefit from the free media coverage if the controversy is popular enough.

In this day and age, political advertisements are stretched to the limits of toleration. Many of them focus more on the shortcomings of their opponents rather than the ideas and plans they have for the country. Often, the ads are nothing more than superficial smears aiming to tarnish the image of the target nominee. If the ads where kept cleaner and were more focused on important

First, Washington held a neutral stance on political parties. The First Party System itself emerged as a result of Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality between the United States, France, and Britain. Federalists and Republicans first differed on the issue of the French Revolution and who to support between France and Britain. Washington states his own neutrality between the two nations in that proclamation, therefore stating his neutrality between the two parties as well. It is impossible for Washington to have been the turning point of the First Party System since he had no affiliation with either Federalists or Republicans. Next, Washington, in his neutral position, was also wildly popular, voted into office unanimously by the electoral college as President. With this massive popularity among the American people, Washington was also able to keep the emerging new political positions around him in check under his authority, easily allowing him to keep the United States generally

After the victory, George Washington ran for president in the year 1789. He won unanimously in the electoral college. During his presidency, Congress and Washington organized the executive and judicial branches of government. In 1787, they created the constitution. He won the second term for presidency again. Washington could have gone a third term, but decided not to. He went back to Mt. Vernon in the year 1797. He then died from a sickness he got from the rain in the year

Ask anybody who was the first present of the United States, and almost everybody is going to say George Washington. However, George Washington was arguably not the first president of the United States. There are people that are considered to be the first president. Before we had our current political system in which the president is in charge of, there was the continental congress. This was our first organized government, representing the 13 colonies. Each of these first presidents presided over the congress in which they represented (http://www.newsmax.com/FastFeatures/14-presidents-before-george-washington/2014/08/22/id/590381/). There were 14 men who were heads of the continental congress, but two people are the ones in which people

It is very common among the United States’ political sphere to rely heavily on T.V. commercials during election season; this is after all the most effective way to spread a message to millions of voters in order to gain their support. The presidential election of 2008 was not the exception; candidates and interest groups spent 2.6 billion dollars on advertising that year from which 2 billion were used exclusively for broadcast television (Seelye 2008.) Although the effectiveness of these advertisements is relatively small compared to the money spent on them (Liasson 2012), it is important for American voters to think critically about the information and arguments presented by these ads. An analysis of the rhetoric in four of the political