I definitely agree with everything that James W. Ceaser stated in his writing. I do firmly believe that strengthened political parties would help our electoral process instead of having ruthless candidates “strengthened” by their organizations and here’s why. Before, candidates used to be chosen by members of the party; they would choose whoever was best fit to carry out the party’s platform the best. Since then, however, this idea has been long gone, which leads parties to have no direct influence over what candidate will be chosen. Political parties are no longer and identifier when people are asked who they are voting for or which side they are on. This is a very significant because it is one of the biggest issues of today’s election system, campaigns now are focused more than ever on candidates rather than the party platform. One can almost compare presidential elections
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The definition of debate is “argue about (a subject), especially in a formal manner” which in the case of the last GOP debate, they were arguing and undermining each other in a manner that was far from “formal”. In accordance to Ceaser’s ideas, this is a sign of overly ambitious candidates which are only seeking temporary advantage. Also, it nearly proves that they are only making impulsive statements to make themselves look better than the other candidate which, again, leads to temporary advantage. It seems that the four major functions of elections are diminishing as elections go by and people are completely unaware of it. Demagogic candidates also make promises that they cannot keep which people believe and are driven to vote for that certain candidate and this can be very harmful in the long run. Which leads me to the topic of the 2008/2012 elections when Barack Obama was appointed president. The main reason as to why he was elected was because people liked his personality and his ideas rather than electing him because he was a fit candidate to carry out the foundations of
The definition of debate is “argue about (a subject), especially in a formal manner” which in the case of the last GOP debate, they were arguing and undermining each other in a manner that was far from “formal”. In accordance to Ceaser’s ideas, this is a sign of overly ambitious candidates which are only seeking temporary advantage. Also, it nearly proves that they are only making impulsive statements to make themselves look better than the other candidate which, again, leads to temporary advantage. It seems that the four major functions of elections are diminishing as elections go by and people are completely unaware of it. Demagogic candidates also make promises that they cannot keep which people believe and are driven to vote for that certain candidate and this can be very harmful in the long run. Which leads me to the topic of the 2008/2012 elections when Barack Obama was appointed president. The main reason as to why he was elected was because people liked his personality and his ideas rather than electing him because he was a fit candidate to carry out the foundations of