American Government Assignment Fantasy Presidential Campaign Activity, political science homework help

Fantasy Presidential Campaign Activity

In
this activity you are going to apply what you have learned this week
about policy as well as apply what you have learned in this course so
far to create a basic presidential campaign plan.

Imagine that you
have been serving the past few years as the governor of your home state
or a U.S. Senator representing your home state. You have done great
work and face no challenge in winning the nomination of your party to
run in the General Election. In your campaign plan, please address the
following:

Part 1: Campaign Details

• What is your home state?
• What is your political party?
• What
  is your campaign tagline or slogan? Almost all recent presidential
  campaigns have had a theme song. For example, in 1992, Bill Clinton used
  the song,” Don’t Stop,” by Fleetwood Mac. In 2012, Republican nominee
  Mitt Romney used the song, “Born Free,” by Kid Rock. What is your
  campaign theme song? Why did you select that song.
• Select
  someone to be your Vice Presidential Running Mate. You can pick anyone
  that would eligible, per the Constitution, to serve as President. Why
  did you select this person to be your vice presidential running mate?
  How do they help improve your chances on winning the General Election?

Part 2: Your Issues

• Select and describe two (2) domestic policy issues your campaign is advocating.
• Why
  did you select these domestic policy issues to focus on? Use polling
  data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support
  your decision.
• For each domestic policy issue write a simple one
  sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your
  position to the masses.
• Select and describe two (2) economic policy issues your campaign is advocating.
• Why
  did you select these economic policy issues to focus on? Use polling
  data from a reputable polling source such as pew research to support
  your decision.
• For each economic policy issue write a simple one
  sentence “elevator pitch” that you would use to easily communicate your
  position to the masses.
• Select and describe two (2) foreign policy issues your campaign is advocating.
• Why
  did you select these foreign issues to focus on? Use polling data from a
  reputable polling source such as pew research to support your decision.
• For
  each foreign policy issue write a simple one sentence “elevator pitch”
  that you would use to easily communicate your position to the masses.

Part 3: Your Strategy

Considering
the electoral college vote, which specific states would you campaign
in. Keep in mind you have limited resources and that you can’t campaign
in every state. Think about what states you would need to win in order
to win the general election. Based on historical data, do you actually
have a chance to win. Would you be able secure enough electoral votes to
win the general election by these states.

To help you think about
this part of the assignment you may want to find online and play with
an “Interactive Electoral College Map.” Here are some website that you
could use to help:

http://www.270towin.com/

http://uselectionatlas.org/TOOLS/evcalc.php

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/electoral/

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral…

Be sure to include a reference list of all sources that you used to complete your paper.

Please note: APA formatting and citations rules apply to this and all essays in this course.

As
with all weekly written assignments, submit your work as an attached
file. Double-space your paper and use 12 point Times New Roman as your
font.