Electoral Considerations I was lucky enough to have won me election with fifty-one percent of the vote, so I was right on the line of losing. I had the incumbency advantage of being fully funded for my next election but that would not matter if I did not continue to make my constituents happy. This made me really want …show more content…
This did not really effect my decision in anyway because that could have made me go either way. Smoking pot in college could have made me hate it or love it. It did not determine if I had a negative or positive approach when it came to trying pot in college.
Public Opinion According to Funk and Wagnall, “Public opinion refers to the opinions or views of people in a community or country on issues of public interest or concern (Public Opinion, 2016). Sixty percent of my constituents said they wanted it legal while only forty percent did not want it legal. Although, this was not a huge spilt, there was still a difference. This was one of the big factors that made me choose my decision in the end. I knew that I needed to keep the majority happy so I could win in the following election.
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