Totally Unacceptable

[HARDCORE]

11-17-2020

(Personal Opinions & A Patriot’s Prayer)

How dare anyone, including “Our Congress” and our self-proclaimed political science majors ever deem it to be their right and their responsibility to do our thinking and our reasoning for us? These people were only temporarily selected to carry out our will and our mandates – and nothing more!

Our elected representatives are not Gods, nor are they as infallible, as many of them apparently still believe that they are? They are but mere mortals, “Like Us All, who, by virtue of their intelligence and their educations, have been temporarily granted the splendid gift of leadership, “And Nothing More!”

And as such – It is their responsibility, and their solemn duty as well, to intelligently act upon “The People’s Will, and The Majority’s Demands!” For baring that, we cease to be “A Democracy of We the People”, by The People, and for the people, and rather, we quickly become nothing but a sham in which “Our people only retain the vacillating words, but irrevocable lose the true essence of splendid liberty and eternal justice!”

“And so (in my humble and under-educated opinion) it irrevocably is, and eternally must remain!!” And may “The Good Lord” continue to bless, defend, and to forever preserve

- “This Truly Magnificent Nation of Ours!!”-

Hardcore

[Boats]

Political science is a classical discipline that deals with the study of political phenomena. Its goal is to deepen human understanding of the forms and nature of political action and to develop theoretical tools for interpreting politically meaningful phenomena.

Political theory refers to various methods and philosophies of how government works. Political science is a social science. It is an academic discipline that one can major in in college. Political philosophy refers to a particular way of thinking about politics.

US Presidential Campaigns and Their Impact

“US presidential campaigns dominate national media attention during increasingly long periods before election day. Presidential campaigns deliver messages by way of television, radio, mail, and online media with a goal of persuading voters to support their candidate and mobilizing supporters to turnout on Election Day.”-Andrew Reeves, David Miller, Bryant Moy

Public Presidency, US Elections, and the Permanent Campaign

“The permanent campaign typically refers to the notion that the line between campaigning and governing has become increasingly blurred. As such, it is commonplace to see campaign-like tactics (polling, public relations techniques, sound bites) being used in governing.”-Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Campaign Finance in the Era of Super PACS

“While super PACS cannot give money directly to candidates or directly coordinate their efforts with candidates or parties, within a short amount of time they developed the ability to come quite close to serving as parallel campaign organizations.”- Robert G. Boatright

Advertising and Election Campaigns in the United States

“In each election cycle, campaigns for elective office in the United States combine to raise and spend billions of dollars, and candidates and volunteers devote untold unpaid hours to promote their causes. The campaigns with sufficiently large bank balances use most of their money for airtime on television, most purchased in thirty-second portions, during which candidates communicate their case to potential supporters.”” -Michael Hagen

Negative Campaigning

“Negative campaigning is hardly a new phenomenon. It has almost certainly existed for as long as there have been political campaigns. Scholarly interest in negative campaigning rose in the 1990s, stemming, in large part, from concerns about its impact on citizens, such as whether it might mislead voters, dampen their desire to participate in politics or create a generation of cynics.”-Travis N. Ridout, Samuel C. Rhodes

Redistricting and Electoral Competition in American Politics
“Redistricting, or the process of redrawing congressional district boundaries, can be a highly contentious and political affair. Electoral competition within districts is dependent on both of the major American political parties being evenly balanced. Therefore, redistricting can enhance or diminish competition through how it distributes partisans across districts. […] Throughout history, Congress, the US Supreme Court, individual states, the American electorate, and an ever-evolving political environment have all impacted the construction of district maps.”-Ryan Williamson

Election Forecasting

“Election forecasting appeals to a basic human urge to peek into the future. Ever since elections were invented to choose leaders, humans have been tempted to find ways that would tell them with some degree of certainty who would win an election. The highly quantitative nature of elections aids them in such an endeavor.”-Mary Stegmaier, Helmut Norpoth

Voter Turnout

“Although turnout is the most widespread form of political participation, many people do not vote. Moreover, turnout varies substantially over time and across types of elections within a country as well as across countries. […] Explanations for turnout variation have focused both on individual characteristics (such as age, education, or political attitudes) and contextual features (such as the effect of compulsory voting, electoral systems, or party competition).”-Andre Blais, Eva Anduiza

Voter Support for Women Candidates
“A central research thread on voters and women candidates is how voters perceive women candidates and, in turn, their electability. Research on gender stereotypes and candidates examines voter perceptions of the traits they typically associate with men and women, candidates, and officeholders and the circumstances under which these traits make gender and political candidacy more or less attractive.”- Rosalyn Cooperman

Minority Political Engagement and Representation in the United States

“Increasingly, the discipline of political science is recognizing the necessity of examining political engagement among minority groups, especially since the civil rights movement’s efforts to place enough pressure on the political system to effect legal and political change. The increasing sociopolitical visibility of racial and ethnic minorities within the United States, in conjunction with increasing numbers of members of these groups in academic settings (many of whom also examine political behavior among minorities), has led to a burgeoning field of study concerning minority political engagement.”-Jessican Carew

Youth and Generational Differences in US Politics

“[It] is quite clear that there tends to be a difference in the way that the average member of one generation perceives the world, interacts with their political institutions, and views other members of society in comparison to the average member of another generation. These observations represent some of the forces that influence aggregate change in political attitudes and behaviors over time: age effects, period effects, and cohort effects.”-Candis W. Smith