POLI 330 Week 5 Discussion: The Roles of Congress and The Presidency

. For the initial post, respond to one of the following options, and label the beginning of your post indicating either Option 1 or Option 2: • Option 1: Political scientists disagree on the exa ct causes of the low representation of women in Congress. Why do you think there are so few women in Congress in comparison to men? How likely is it that these patterns of representation will dramatically change over your lifetime? For this discussion question, you will have to do some research online. • Option 2: What characteristics do you think voters look for when choosing a president? Do you think voters choose the characteristics they are looking for depending on the socio-economic and political environment - lack of jobs, riots, COVID-19, environmental concerns, other issues, etc.? Explain your answer. Be sure to make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week. Follow-Up Post Instructions Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification. Minimum of 1 scholarly source which can include your textbook or assigned readings or maybe from your additional scholarly research. Writing Requirements • Minimum of 2 posts (1 initial & 1 follow-up) • Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source) for your Initial Post, and 1 scholarly source for your Follow-Up Post. • APA format for in-text citations and list of references • • This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :53:15 GMT -05:00 • • Option 2: What characteristics do you think voters look for when choosing a president? Do you think voters choose the characteristics they are looking for depending on the socio-economic and political environment - lack of jobs, riots, COVID-19, environmental concerns, other issues, etc.? I believe that when candidates for the president are first announced, people all over jump straight to judgment. The judge who they are what party they are, what they look like, and how they perceive themselves. "Americans desire a politician who both intuitively understands their struggles and has the competence necessary to get things done." (McDonald, Karol, Lilliana, 2020) We just want someone who can do right by us and understand our needs. The people want someone they can trust. With social media these days there is not a rumor that gets past anyone and most of the time people run with it without the supporting facts behind it. What it breaks down to is who can sell the most dreams to the American people, and once that dream is sold can they keep up with the demand of all the promises they wanted to keep. "Voters reward success by reelecting officials and punish failure by voting for the other party. The result is that politicians who want to stay in office have strong incentives to promote prosperity and to address the problems that occur, such as a bad economy, rising inflation, or threats from a foreign country." (GREENBERG & Page, 2018, p. 262) It’s like a reward and punishment trial and error that if you do well, they will make sure you get the vote next time, do bad, and well you just lost to someone else. References GREENBERG, E. S., & Page, B. I. (2018). The struggle for democracy, 2018 elections, and updates edition Revel access code. Pearson. McDonald, J., Karol, D., & Mason, L. (2020). “An inherited money dude from Queens County”: How unseen candidate characteristics affect voter perceptions. Political Behavior, 42(3), 915-938. . T Powered by TCPDF ()