What it takes to make it into office

To get elected in today’s political environment it takes much. It takes Money, popularity or a name, it takes volunteers, it takes time. To get into government now, the person going for it must have money, they must have a political party. A political party is a political organization that seeks to obtain and keep political power within the government; there are democratic parties, republican, and much more different sorts of parties. In order to get into government you must decide on what you are standing for and whether or not you belong in one party or another. Then there is money, if you do not have money then they must work 2-3 maybe even 4 times harder then the other people running. In this case money can buy people and workers to help spread the name. It can buy advertisement, posters, signs, stickers, and even put the person on TV. TV advertisement can be very expensive although, if used, it can get your name out to thousands of people very easily. In order to get money, you must receive hard money or soft money. Hard money is funding that is repetitive, not a one time thing. Soft money is money donated to a organization other than a particular person running for government office. But to receive Hard money or soft money you must have popularity and power. The people donating and fund raising for you must believe you are going to win. To win and be elected into political environment the media must be watching you, they must believe you are going to be elected and use their advertising/news powers to tell people about you. If people do not know what you fight for, or why you are running, why should they vote for you. Then there is media bias, which is when the media presents only a particular point of view, which can turn out changing vote turn outs and make a political person look well or bad. If media bias is used for you it may bring you up well in votes, but if it is used against you then it can bring you way down in votes. To raise money for a political candidate there must be a political action committee, which is a group of people large or small who raise money for a particular candidate. In particular the voter turnout can be the determinant. Voter turnout is the number of voters who participated in the election. If there is a large voter turnout there may be a lot of people who do not know a lot about the person they are voting for. Depending on how much people know about the candidates, voter turnouts if large can be very bad. To make it into political office you must be popular. If people do not know who you are they will not vote for you. Your name must be out, known, and your ideals should be known. Volunteers can be very helpful when it comes to whether or not you make it into office. A volunteer may work harder than somebody is being paid because the person being paid may not necessarily want you to win but is just doing their job. A volunteer usually wants the person they are helping to win, and do their best to make sure that they do win.