The Psychological Aspects Of Campaigns And Elections

This quote reminds me of the patronage system, where jobs and promotions are awarded for political reasons rather than for merit or competence. In this system, working in a congressional campaign, making large donations, and having the right connections helped citizens secure jobs with the government. Members of large corporations and wealthy donors donate thousands of dollars to be granted some fancy title on the ALEC hierarchy. By using their high socioeconomic status, these workers of major and wealthy corporations are attempting to exert their influence on the processes ALEC takes part in. These corporate members and wealthy sponsors are literally buying their influence. And for what? A title? I am unsure as to what these “chairman level” sponsors even contribute to ALEC’s legislative process. Do these corporate representatives buy these titles to have an influence, or just to say that their corporation is involved in ALEC and stands firmly on the economic principles ALEC represents?

Campaigning is a key component in presidential elections. The most popular form of political persuasion is campaign ads. During the 60 seconds our attention is captured, presidential nominees do their best to convince voters that they can make “The American Dream” a reality in all aspects (providing more jobs, better health care, stronger families and a stronger economy). In Hillary Clinton’s (the democratic presidential nominee) “Family Strong” ad, she provides a chronological timeline of the beginning and growth of her dedication to families and children. On the other hand, Donald Trump (the Republican presidential nominee) takes a different approach. In his latest “Anti Hillary” campaign ad, Trump compiles a 60 second video depicting Clinton’s most shady moments from her email scandals to her seemingly cold view on the Benghazi issue. These presidential campaign ads display rhetorical appeal in every aspect: whether it is connecting with voters on a personal level or attempting to discredit the opposition.

Intro: In the United States government, the people should be represented by elected officials. In reality, they are not. Elections are decided by the media and propaganda as well as the size of a candidate’s budget, and actions of politicians are dictated by corporations.

Returning to the three original polls, these measures of public opinion are useful. Throughout the year, we have discussed how campaigns are affected by public opinion, especially because the debates had just begun. Right now, while candidates are trying to win their respective party nominations, they are going to try to appeal to the opinions of Republicans and Democrats separately. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are not trying to appeal to the same base as Donald Trump and Jeb Bush. These polls are meaningful and candidates should be mindful of them, because people care about this issue. The three polls I have examined are similar in numbers, but there is a bit of disparity between the Hart Research Associates and Public Opinion Strategies and CBS News and the New York Times poll and the poll done by Quinnipiac University. The percentage of respondents saying that there should be a pathway to citizenship in the poll collaborated on by Hart and Public Opinion Strategies was 47%, but 55% in the Quinnipiac poll, and 61% in the CBS/New York Times poll for the final days of July. A 14% difference seems to be a significant difference, especially when one number is not a majority of the population. Over the time of the debate period, the numbers have stayed in the upper 50s. For that reason, I think that these can be meaningful polls that represent the population as a whole. Overall, opinion seems to tend to be more in favor of letting people stay who came here

Emotion plays a significant role in the deciding factor of the presidential election, or any election in general. For instance, the previous election was vastly influenced by the appeals towards the Syrian War, and the terrorist group ISIS, that President Donald Trump had stated in several debates and interviews. The fear of the terrorist attack the United States once again terrifies the American society. Therefore, whenever President Trump states that we need to put more money into the military budget thus possibly “ending the terrorist action”, the American people start to follow. This is similar to the conflicting emotions Americans had when they were subjected to the idea that “the Soviets” were above us in military power. The idea that John F. Kennedy could establish our nation as a stronger military power, than that of Russia, we follow him.

In the article “Hype Versus Substance in Network Television Coverage of Presidential Election Campaigns”, authors Julia R. Fox, James R. Angelini, and Christopher Goble analyze political coverage on broadcast news during the final weeks of presidential elections. In the end they found that in the final weeks of campaigns many voters are still undecided. “Voters making up their minds at the end of the campaign tend to be less partisan and more likely to use-and to be influenced by-media messages in making their decision ” (Fox, J., Angelini, J., & Goble, C). This tends to be enough to cause a last minute “swing” in an election. With this being said the authors also found that these broadcast news stations very rarely address the critical

What is the best way for a candidate influence the voter? By playing an effective advertising. An effective ad is the tool to convince voter to support a candidate. Advertising is a key part of and playing a big role in primary presidential election today. If an ad is effective, then the candidate could win more votes. After reviewing these ads, I think what makes an effective campaign ad is how they communicate, persuade and entertain to viewer. It makes argument and influences the way viewer feel by using the sounds, images and factual claims to persuade and convince people support them.

With the elections coming up in the next month, and being of age to vote, understanding the political campaigns is crucial to formulating an opinion and later a decision. The knowledge of how campaigns are run assists in my viewpoints in today’s candidates and appreciate the efforts that they put in. What better way to learn about campaign than have a mock presidential debate. My group was assigned the Republican Party and our candidate was Ana Wolkenstein.

The change from partisan to personal electoral politics is usually associated to changes in the political environment that increased the growth of individual politicians’ aspects and weakened traditional party organizations. This means that candidate-centered politics have raised in the past years causing changes in the role of political parties. These changes can be attributed to campaign advertising technologies such as the popularity of television, the replacement of patronage with civil service employment, and the rise in personal assets available to elected officials for constituency service. These factors influenced voters to see parties as increasingly insignificant, and party attachments have dropped.

In all Congressional elections in the United States the incumbent and the challenger can be classified into one of two groups for each situation. The incumbent can be a strong incumbent, which is an individual who either won a large percentage of the vote or one who consistently wins in the district election after election. Many strong incumbents have “safe seats” in the House of Representative when they win at least 60% of the vote in an election (Shaffer 10-01-2015). Strong incumbents typically are not challenged by individuals who have extensive experience in public office. Instead, strong incumbents are usually challenged by amateur politicians. Amateur politicians are individuals who may have little or no political experience. Types of amateur politicians include cause politicians, who are attempting to relay a message on a specific issue on a national platform, celebrity amateurs who have high name recognition but no previous experience in an elected office, and those individuals who are either naïve or are businessmen (ex. lawyers) who want to get their name into the public sphere in order to gain business (Davidson and Oleszek, 2016, 58). A weak incumbent is a representative who either won by a very small margin or a freshman representative who does not have very much experience in national elected office, or both (Davidson and Oleszek, 2016, 60). This incumbent is typically challenged by what is known as a strategic politician. A strategic politician is a strong

Throughout the campaign cycle, Trump has made commentary about the Latino population which has had the possibility of alienating that population. The growing myriad Hispanic population may become offended by his comments which might make them choose the opposing party without looking at the policies that he would be implementing.

State and local elections create a series of moments that are sometimes stressful for the voters who are faced with the decision making process that could have a major impact on their lives and their communities. Selecting and voting for the candidate that holds the values, qualities and opinions that a voter shares is often not so clear cut. Presidential elections have the potential for creating even greater stress and anxiety due to the power and control that the voters give to one individual. Voters have to consider the quality of a sole being that will eventually make decisions that impact the entire nation, and ultimately every individual citizen. This decision making process for both the candidates and the voters can be observed from multiple psychological perspectives; ranging from the social to the psychoanalytic. The 2008 Presidential election, however, presents even more perspectives due to the candidacy of a well known, strong female and a dynamic and charismatic African American. In light of the fact that either one of these candidates will constitute a “first” if they win the election, many voters may be influenced by a number of psychological perspectives as Election Day approaches.

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The idea that an individual's psychological makeup is an important determinant of a person's political beliefs has been highly discussed, debated, and studied. The article “Psychological Underpinnings of Democracy” by Marta Miklikowska presents evidence and argues that a person’s support for democratic values can be predicted by certain psychological elements: empathy, authoritarianism, self-esteem, interpersonal trust, normative identity style, and openness to experiences. Theoretical Background and Past Research As Miklikowska states, “Democratic values refer to the basic principles of democratic governance that allow distinguishing between democratic and nondemocratic process such as e.g. equality, impartial justice, universal suffrage, or freedom of expression.” (604) In essence, democratic values are the ideals which allow democracy to flourish.

Everybody wants to know that the products they are buying are good, reliable, and safe. Everybody wants to know the food they are eating won’t harm them. People learn about different products through their ads on different media and listen to what the ads have to say. These commercial advertisement agencies are required by the Federal Trade Commission to keep their ads truthful, non-deceptive, and have evidence to back their statements up. So besides these little everyday things that are being promoted, shouldn’t the biggest role a person could play in this country have to share the truth, too? Political campaigners are not bound by the FTC to keep their ads truthful or have them be able to be backed up by evidence. Through the FTC, “False