Democrat view: Obama's in touch with the middle class
In: The world today, Band 68, Heft 6, S. 8-8
ISSN: 0043-9134
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In: The world today, Band 68, Heft 6, S. 8-8
ISSN: 0043-9134
In: PS: political science & politics, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 26-29
I would like to address the question of whether having consultants opens up or closes up the political system. I am principally interested in the election of women and minority candidates. I work now for a firm where half of our candidates are women, which is a very high proportion. On the one hand consultants reinforce incumbency because there is such a strong relationship between money and being able to hire a consultant. By the same token I think that consultants have opened up the process of running for election.Recruitment of CandidatesWhen everyone talks about the decline of parties that means there are alternative routes to power, there are alternative routes to the skills that you need to get elected, and there are alternative routes to information. This has caused a major breakdown in political machines. Consultants are also aware of the different traits that can make people electable. Consultants first understood that there are certain districts where women candidates run better than male candidates, where women start out ahead because of the demographics of those districts. That is something that a male-dominated machine, for example, might resist but a consultant would relish and approach pragmatically. You also see outsiders with personal resources who have the most access to an alternative way of entering the system. The Wisconsin Democratic Senate race is a prime example of what can happen when a candidate with tremendous personal resources can hire a team and become a front-runner against people who have been running and elected for a long time.
In: National civic review: promoting civic engagement and effective local governance for more than 100 years, Band 87, Heft 1, S. 65-70
ISSN: 1542-7811
AbstractThe use of public opinion polling in American politics has exploded in recent years. National candidates spend thousands of valuable campaign dollars on their own polls. Newspapers and television stations regularly conduct polls, as do networks and news magazines. The proliferation of polling raises fundamental questions about the role of the elected representative in democracy. But it also offers exciting opportunities for engaging American voters in direct debates on policy priorities and directions.
In: National civic review: publ. by the National Municipal League, Band 87, Heft 1, S. 65-70
ISSN: 0027-9013
In: Campaigns and elections: the journal of political action, Band 16, S. 22-26
ISSN: 0197-0771
In: Campaigns and elections: the journal of political action, Band 26, Heft 10, S. 67
ISSN: 0197-0771
Do American policymakers really know what the American public wants in U.S. foreign policy? Through extensive interviews with members of the policy community, the authors reveal a pervasive belief--especially in Congress--that, in the wake of the cold war, the public is showing a new isolationism: opposition to foreign aid, hostility to the United Nations, and aversion to contributing U.S. troops to peacekeeping operations. This view of the public has in turn had a significant impact on U.S. foreign policy. However, through a comprehensive review of polling data, as well as focus groups, the authors show that all these beliefs about the public are myths. The public does complain that the United States is playing the role of dominant world leader more than it should, but this does not lead to a desire to withdraw. Instead people prefer to share responsibility with other nations, particularly through the UN. The authors offer explanations of how such a misperception can occur and suggest ways to improve communication between the public and policymakers, including better presentation of polling data and more attention by practitioners to a wider public.
In: National civic review: publ. by the National Municipal League, Band 87, Heft 1, S. 5, 37, 47,
ISSN: 0027-9013
In: Public opinion quarterly: journal of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Band 77, Heft 4, S. 853-852
ISSN: 0033-362X