President Obama achieved a strong victory in 2012. Were the voters giving him a mandate for a program of action? If so, what is that program?
1. President Obama achieved a strong victory in 2012. Were the voters giving him a mandate for a program of action? If so, what is that program?
2. Would you prefer campaigns to be less money driven and professionally organized from the top and more grassroots in nature? If they were, would you participate in them? In what ways would you like to participate?
3. How does the emphasis on marketing and positioning political candidates affect the kind of issues that get debated in a campaign? In the 2012 presidential election, what issues would you have liked to see addressed that weren’t?
4. How does the need to raise such large sums of money to pay for professionally run campaigns affect the political program of a candidate? Are there issues that you think are left out because of the influence of large campaign contributors?
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