Political

Few Things Can Benefit Your Candidate Like Political Donors Lists There seem to be no shortage of fundraisers for politicians with party clout or media exposure, but for smaller scale elections or battles against entrenched incumbents, the monetary flow can be the most difficult aspect of running a campaign. It has been shown in many cases that local elections depend more upon the individual donations of citizens rather than the support of businesses or lobbyists, making the search for donors ever more elusive. Many successful candidates have found that political donors lists allow their campaign finances to be replenished with a minimum of effort, allowing them to put valuable resources towards other advertising or public appearances. The difficulty in any election is gaining enough exposure that your name and position, regardless of its popularity, will be commonplace enough in discussions that your message will have a chance to be heard. Ultimately, the only way to gain me...

People outside of the "Americas" can often get confused understanding and comparing the differences between the US and Canadian models, forms and structures of government. In the United States there are 50 states with a federal government. The subunit, that is each state, has its own governor and state legislature. The federal government of course of the USA, has at its head the President (currently President Obama) along with 2 houses of legislature. These are the US House of Representatives (with local elected members referred to as "Congressmen" or perhaps "Congress Women" and the US Senate with "Senators" elected from each and every state. There are many more Congress people per state than elected Senators over all. Some will tell you that Senators carry much more power and clout than the Congressmen in the House of Representatives, whereas in Canada it's not the Canadian Senate and Senators who wield the greatest power and effect c...

Political satire is the most 'serious' form of expression in cultures across the world. Political satire is basically a form of expression which uses, ridicule, irony, sarcasm etc. to expose the folly or vice, or to lampoon an individual or a system related to politics to try, and bring about a political change. From print to cinema, political satire has been present in all media and has left a long-lasting impact on societies. In US, many satirists have commented upon the state of political affairs since the days of American war of Independence. However, the stand out political satire has been the shows on US television. The two stand-out genres of satirical shows, which originated from US are- late night talk shows and animated series. Over the years, many late night talk shows have been aired on US television and each one of them has been tremendously popular. The first show in this genre, which continues to run till date, is "Saturday Night Live". First ...

Most Americans, historically, proudly pointed to the many freedoms and liberties, we take for - granted, which most of the rest of the world, lacks. Unfortunately, with that assuming it is, a given, we also have the lowest voter participation rate, in the free world. For many years, this percentage hovered at about 50%, but in the last Presidential election, in 2016, even fewer individuals took advantage of this right. Unfortunately, we realize it's a right, but, most of us, seem to not believe, it should also be an obligation! Then, when someone, who many seem to disagree with, is elected, we resort to blaming and complaining, everyone except ourselves! This is probably a significant reason, we end up with a variety of different types of public officials, some focused on service, but most, disappointing us! Every elected, public official must realize and recognize, he can proceed in several ways: adversarial; cooperative; policy; or politics! 1. Adversarial : Whether one, is...

Leaders work with peers, report to bosses and lead teams as part of their daily work routine. This network of inter-dependent relationships, sources of power as a result of organization structure and authority frameworks, personality types, organization values and performance expectations often combine to create organizational politics, which if not managed will result in performance inhibiting work environments and demotivated people. Organizational politics is found in all organizations and it can be positive or negative. When the politics helps move the organization in the right direction and speeds up the implementation of strategic initiatives it adds value. However when organizational politics creates division, encourages power struggles and promotes internal conflicts requiring higher level of management involvement it saps an organization of energy and effort that may be used toward more productive work. As a leader there are many actions that can be taken to reduce t...

The Anti-Masonic movement spawned the first third political party in the United States, known as the Anti-Masonic Political Party (also known as the Anti-Masonic Movement). It occurred in upstate New York in 1828. The strange disappearance of Captain William Morgan precipitated the movement. Captain William Morgan tried to join a new order of Masons in Batavia, New York, and when they rebuffed his attempts, he said he was going to publish a book outlining the secrets and inner workings of their fraternity. This was unthinkable to the Masons, and they tried everything they knew to stop him, finally resorting to kidnapping and murder. When these accusations were brought against the Masons, a public outcry ensued. More and more speculation about what actually went on in their secret society became a hot topic of conversation. People feared the members of Freemasonry and believed they sought to take over their communities as an elitist group who were disparaging rules of good cit...

America was founded by thinkers, serious thinkers who struggled with new theories of how things ought to be, rather than resting content with how things were. They believed the old political relationships between the rulers and the ruled were falsely based on pretended rights of strength, wealth, birthright and tradition. They concluded that these connections were manmade rather than natural, and therefore were not morally binding. They decided that the only morally binding relationship between a government and its people would have to be based on consensual agreement of all the parties. These 'contracts' would have to be freely entered into by equal partners, and rationally negotiated for everyone's benefit. Family relationships were a different matter, for it seemed evident that these relationships are based on nature. Rulers and ruled are not drawn to each other by any natural longing or love, but lovers and families are. It was therefore expected that family relat...