Elections Test

What it takes to be elected in today’s political environment, is money and people to back the candidates up. In the documentary, Journey’s with George, shows how George Bush used money, speeches, and other political figures to back up his campaign. He used voter turnout, which states that people who have money and are older, they are more likely to vote. He used voter turnout to target his campaign. Also, a canadate can count on a low turnout, which is when the people who truly want to vote do vote. If people were forced to vote, canadates would have to campaign to all the public not just the voter turnout. Also, what it takes to be elected is a source of money. Hard Money is a form of payment which is allowed by the government, it states that the money is directly given to the canadate. Soft money however, is money not directly given to the canadate but helps out in his campaign. What also helps in elections are committees and parties that back up and help out the canadate. A Political Action Committee is a private group that raises and distributes funds for use in election campaigns. It helps the canadate get money and voters, because they raise the money from people who either want to vote or they get people to listen and become voters. A Political Party is an organized group that attempts to influence the government by electing their members of important government offices. These people are usually famous or well known in the community, that when they put their name with a canadate it automatically gets voters. Media Bias is another form of getting voters, its skewing the reporting of information by the media, it usually happens when newscasters have a political view so they only talk about that one person in a positive way. These methods of getting elected is not truly democratic, it puts a bias on one canadate. If that canadate has a strong PAC or Political Party, they will have the funds to have better campaigns, and get the most voters. It has turned honest elections into who can get the most money and a better campaign.