Executive Branch Of Government

Active citizens in the American political system typically vote as much as they can for who they want to lead the government. The key phrase is "who they want to lead!" When people think about voting, the first thing that comes to mind is the presidential election. The elected official that is supposed to lead is found in the executive branch of government. This is the branch that people seem to care about the most. This is of course because the executive’s responsibility simplified is to carry out the laws. Executive leaders also try to implement things that the people want to most. This piece will analyze how state executive branches operate, how they are influenced in their decisions, and how they are made up because of external factors. …show more content…
From state to state they all pretty much have the same type of responsibilities. When differences are shown it is important to pay attention to how the governor 's cabinet is organized. This is where the idea of institutionalization comes in to play because governor 's want to make sure they know as much as possible from the people they represent, the media, and the legislative branch. “Governor’s offices are becoming larger, gubernatorial staffs are increasing in size and in actual and potential influence, and in some states, a more institutionalized organization is developing around the governorship itself” (Bowman, Woods, Stark). What this mean is state executive branches will organize themselves so that certain groups of employees and focus on certain things. For Example, a governor’s offices can be organized to have things like the state department of agriculture or the treasury department. Some states have only of few institutions while others have a lot. The purpose of this is so that issues can be organized and focused on more succinctly by government employees and the …show more content…
Most people see the governor as the head political leader for the state. This creates an issue because in some executive make ups the leader of the each department is also elected. “Key administration officials such as the attorney general, treasurer, and secretary of state are elected in at least 75 percent of the states, not appointed as they are at the national level” (Bowman, Woods, Stark). It is hard to be a proper government leader when the people that work in the same branch may be constantly changing. Also federal mandated laws that a particular state population may not like generate headache for a governor because the level they are