Fantasy Presidential Campaign Activity In this activity you are going to apply what you have learned this week about policy as well as apply what you have learned in this course so far to create a basic presidential campaign plan. Imagine that you have been serving the past few years as the governor of your home state or a U.S. Senator representing your home state. You have done great work and face no challenge in winning the nomination of your party to run in the General Election. In your campaign plan, please address the following: Part 1: Campaign Details What is your home state? What is your political party? What is your campaign tagline or slogan? Almost all recent presidential campaigns have had a theme song. For example, in 1992, Bill Clinton used the song,” Don’t Stop,” by Fleetwood Mac. In 2012, Republican nominee Mitt Romney used the song, “Born Free,” by Kid Rock. What is your campaign theme song? Why did you select that song. Select someone to be your Vice Presidential Running Mate. You can pick anyone that would eligible, per the Constitution, to serve as President. Why did you select this person to be your vice presidential running mate? How do they help improve your chances on winning the General Election? Part 2: Your Issues Select and describe two (2) domestic policy issues your campaign is advocating. Why did you select these domestic policy issues to focus on? Use polling data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support your decision. For each domestic policy issue write a simple one sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your position to the masses. Select and describe two (2) economic policy issues your campaign is advocating. Why did you select these economic policy issues to focus on? Use polling data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support your decision. For each economic policy issue write a simple one sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your position to the masses. Select and describe two (2) foreign policy issues your campaign is advocating. Why did you select these foreign issues to focus on? Use polling data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support your decision. For each foreign policy issue write a simple one sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your position to the masses. Part 3: Your Strategy Considering the electoral college vote, which specific states would you campaign in. Keep in mind you have limited resources and that you can’t campaign in every state. Think about what states you would need to win in order to win the general election. Based on historical data, do you actually have a chance to win. Would you be able secure enough electoral votes to win the general election by these states. To help you think about this part of the assignment you may want to find online and play with an “Interactive Electoral College Map.” Here are some website that you could use to help: http://www.270towin.com/ http://uselectionatlas.org/TOOLS/evcalc.php http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/electoral/ http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/map/predict.html Be sure to include a reference list of all sources that you used to complete your paper. Please note: APA formatting and citations rules apply to this and all essays in this course. As with all weekly written assignments, submit your work as an attached file. Double-space your paper and use 12 point Times New Roman as your font.

 

Presidential Campaign Plan

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Part One: Campaign details

I being the governor of my home state Arkansas, have less doubt that I am capable of clinching the presidential nominations with the Democratic Party and therefore I am ready to compete for the administrative position in the fore coming general elections. I am proceeding with the slogan “no turning” and this slogan implies that I am not going change my mind with whatever reason that directs me to surrender. Therefore, am focused and much ready to bring a big impact and change in the United States of America for the sake of all its citizens. My theme song goes by the name “only in America” by Dunn and Brooks since this song embraces the America’s dreams which are as big as they are intended to be. Hence, this song inspires Americans to continue dreaming of a better future since am bringing along a change in their lives and it is surely on the way. For my running mate position, I have chosen the one and only Bernie Sanders due to his tremendous experience with him being the longest serving independent in the United States congressional history (Hess, 2010). A man who we share ideologies to bring change to the entire nation with, and together we stand firm and tall like pyramids and with one voice we say “no turning.”

Part 2: Issues

The domestic issues to be addressed include; the Obamacare where the federal government should not get rid of the Obamacare since it offers a great chance for many Americans who fall into the bracket of making too much money for Medicaid and making too less money for other insurance to provide affordable insurance (Clayton, 2010). Secondly, should the head of state allow the military to upgrade the air force one? The issue will be centered on the polling data from Pew Research which reflected this is a top domestic issue with 44 percent saying yes and 56 percent saying no. The main reason of concern on these issues is fundamental as a result of the research reflecting that they are the most disagreeing among the others hence need to be addressed. On the other hand, among the top economic issues to be talked about were; should employers compensate both women and men the same amount of salary? According to the research done by “I side with” researchers, 80 percent said yes while 20 percent said no. Furthermore, another economic issue that requires much attention is that of whether the head of state should increase the federal minimum wage for workers where 66 percent said yes, and 34 percent said no. The reason for the concern about these two issues was due to their concern about salary and wages which are clearly the sole sources of income among the America’s citizens.

Besides, in consideration are foreign policy concerns which according to one reliable polling source by the name “Pew research.” The first foreign policy is the negativity that Americans have established towards Japan over the past decade. Hence, this is mainly a matter of concern since most Americans are wondering what their relationship with Japan will be if the issue is not addressed (Hess, 2010). Moreover, the use of torture in the US anti-terrorism efforts is another significant foreign policy where 43 percent accept while 57 percent disagree. Thus, this is surely an issue of consideration since terrorism has proven to be a threat to the whole world.

My strategies

Putting into consideration the Electoral College vote, I ought to do a thorough campaign in states that both my popularity and that of the party is little. Since I have limited sources and funds for my campaign, I have to withdraw most of my concentration on my strongholds and focus it to my weak holds. The Democratic stronghold states have been; California, Marry Land, New York, and New Jersey (Clayton, 2010). My campaigns will, therefore, be focused on all the other states except those mentioned above and that am fully confident on victory in the coming general elections.

 

References

Clayton, D. M. (2010). The presidential campaign of Barack Obama: A critical analysis of a racially transcendent strategy. Routledge.

Hess, S. (2010). The presidential campaign: an essay. Brookings Institution Press.