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Campaigning and Governing

Campaigning and Governing. What qualities should (normatively) candidates for office have? What qualities does the electoral process select for? Do campaigns produce good officeholders?. Why should campaigning and governing be related?. 1. Elections legitimize officeholders

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Campaigning and Governing

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  1. Campaigning and Governing

  2. What qualities should (normatively) candidates for office have? • What qualities does the electoral process select for? • Do campaigns produce good officeholders?

  3. Why should campaigning and governing be related? 1. Elections legitimize officeholders 2. Elections hold officeholders accountable 3. Officeholders should govern as they perceive the electorate would want them to

  4. Why should governing NOT be like campaigning? • Different fundamental goals • Different time horizons • Different relationships to others • Against the intent of the Constitution

  5. What is the “Permanent Campaign”? • A nonstop battle for public approval in order to engage in the act of governing itself.

  6. What evidence shows that the permanent campaign exists? • Pseudoevents • Presidents “going public” • Pork barrel spending

  7. Why has the permanent campaign developed? • Party organizational decline • Sunshine laws, interest group politics • Direct communication technology • Political technology • Media profit motive • Activist government

  8. Is this really a problem?

  9. Is there any way to reverse the trend toward the permanent campaign?

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