Election Test

What does it take to get elected nowadays? To get elected nowadays it takes good policies, money, support, knowledge, pre-popularity, and media. A candidate needs money to run for office because throughout the entire campaign it costs money to advertise and flat out run for office. Having hard money and soft money is essential too because when having hard money that is a good funding source because it will be there throughout the campaign. Also soft money- funds from somewhere once- is good too because if many little corporations fund or help out then financially a candidate should be okay. To get media for candidacy, a candidate needs money, and with soft money and hard money a candidate have the press he or she wants so they can be successful in their campaign. Media is the number one way to get your name out as a candidate. If two people are running for office and one has a commercial, along with good ideas and policies, and he or she is running against a person that does not have a commercial or media advantages, it will be harder for him to gain popularity from the people. Popularity is the key to success because a very good example is Mr. Smith in the movie Mr. Smith goes to Washington. He was not as popular as the favorite to win, and sure enough because the other candidate had the popular last name, and popularity he won. He might not have had the best values to be in congress, but since he was popular he won. Media Bias is a key in popularity because if the media likes you as a candidate they will not try to bring up your weakness while running. Popularity can be shown to through PAC- the corporations that make sign and advertise for campaigns. Signs in people’s yards are a way that people show support for the candidate that they are running for. Popularity is the key to success.
Knowledge and political parties are other factor to becoming elected. If a person does not talk well in public or is not the smartest person, they probably will not get elected. Their policies and party they are in need to be supported by the voters too because if the voters do not like their policies then they will not get the vote. Voters Turnout is how many people turn out to vote. A low turnout would probably be better because if a hundred people voted in a two hundred people town and the hundred people cared the elected person would be a better choice. Having people care and voting rather than a lot of people caring is better because the right candidate would be elected and problems would be handled. All in all, good policies, money, support, knowledge, pre-popularity, and media is the key to get elected in our society nowadays.