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Election Politics By Pika And Maltese: Chapter Analysis

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In Chapter 2 on “Election Politics,” Pika and Maltese write about the process of how elections occur in America. In 1789 and 1792, electing a president was very simple. Each members of the Electoral College had to cast two votes. One vote had to be for a person out of the elector’s state. In current times, candidates launch nomination campaigns two years or more before the general election. In the early 1790s, the Federalist Party formed around the economic policies of Alexander Hamilton. Thomas Jefferson joined James Madison to form the Republican Party or known as the Democratic-Republican Party. Thomas Jefferson was against the policies made by Alexander Hamilton. In the mid-1790s, congressional candidates were either Democratic-Republican …show more content…

The person must be a natural-born citizen, at least thirty-five years of age and a resident of the United States for fourteen years or longer. What I found interesting was the amount of people who are actually able (in population) to become president of the country. In 2012, only 135 million Americans met these requirements. This is surprising to me, since I thought more people would be eligible enough to meet the requirements to become president. However, the rise of immigrants from other countries does not let them have the ability to be eligible to become president, since they are born in a different country. A president must also have political availability. Political availability means the person must have political experiences and personal characteristics in order to make them attractive to political activists or the general voting public. What I also found interesting was on the vice president chances of winning their party’s nomination. Vice presidents are more likely to win their party’s nomination today than in the past. This shows a change in political nominations. Since 1932, serving in the Senate has been an important source of experience for a president and has giving the gain for a senator to become a vice president. Finally, the media is an important instrument to have of when you are dealing with campaigns. Television ads, prime-time news coverage and the Internet have all shown that it is

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The power of persuasion is one of the most important characteristics to obtain, the president must be able to bargain with others who share power with him/her. This isn’t done with a withy or charming personality, the president must persuade by showing other politicians how can his interests can benefit theirs. Secondly, professional reputation is a factor that show how much people can believe in you. The president’s goal is make sure people in Congress, or his administration have secure confidence in him/her. Confidence in someone makes the person more trustworthy and received respect.

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Political parties began in America when two of George Washington’s advisors, Alexander Hamilton, leader of the Federalist and Thomas Jefferson, leader of the Democratic Republicans disagreed on political issues. Newspapers also influenced political parties. The Federalists and the Democratic Republicans were political parties that were created when an agreement could not be made for what would be best for the country. Hamilton was influenced by Britain to encourage trade and manufacturing, while Jefferson favored farming. Hamilton also favored a strong federal government, while Jefferson believed it would take the state’s power.

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During the years of 1801-1817 two separate parties had formed, the Jeffersonian Republicans (Democrats) and the Federalists, which feuded bitterly in the political world. During Jefferson’s presidency the Democratic party remained firm in their beliefs, but began to slightly conformed to the Federalists during Madison’s presidency; likewise, Federalists stubbornly held onto their views, but compromised to the stricter views of Democrats when Jefferson was in power. Jefferson became president in 1801 and began the reign of strictness of the Democratic party, forcing Federalists to conform to their stringent views. Jefferson had made attempts to unify with the Federalists stating: “We are all republicans” in order to strengthen the unity of the country

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The main and most significant problem during the presidential election was that the highest votes became president, but the second most votes in the election became vice-president. This led to having two different political parties as president and vice-president. Having two different parties be vice-president and president was not a good idea and all in all not good for the nation. Now, to fix this issue, the vice-president is elected separately from the election to be president. During this time, another problem was being faced; there was no obvious or for sure procedure for selecting any candidates for president or vice-president.

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During this time he would but heads with Alexander Hamilton who was the Secretary of the Treasury. Jefferson co-founded the Democratic-Republican Party to counter the Federalist Party that belonged to Hamilton. Hamilton favored a strong national government and did not agree with Jefferson’s ideas about a strong state and local government. In the election of 1796 Jefferson ran against John Adams and lost.

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He begins by explaining the background of the two-year term. Initially, the president was elected by the elite Electoral College, while senators were chosen by state legislators. However, a few states began offering popular elections for members of the electoral college, which initially had no overall affect. However, due to the population’s reaction to this, choosing electors and other public officials at polling places became the dominant method of choosing officials. Starting in 1968, many of the states started conducting their own primaries to select delegates.

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In the 1790s, there were two men who had different beliefs regarding how the United States should function. The two men were Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was the leader of the Republican party and Hamilton was the leader of the Federalist party. The political parties were created by Hamilton and Jefferson based on their differences in opinion on how the country should run. For example, Jefferson believed that the government should be self-governed and all of the power should go to the individual states.

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Differing Views- Hamilton vs Jefferson In 1790s America was rocked by a conflict between the nation’s first political parties- the Federalists and the Republicans. The Federalist Party was formed of merchants, manufactureres, bankers, wealthy farmers and professional people and headed by Alexander Hamilton. Thomas Jefferson led the Republic party which was formed of small farmers, frontier settlers, shopkeepers and artisans. As such both the leaders held different views of revolutionary ideas and ideologies.

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They wanted to create a relationship with France, focused on agriculture over commercialism, and free trade. Over time the Federalist party weakened while the Jeffersonian republicans evolved into the Democrats.

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