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Political Analysis: Mid-Term Elections

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(1575)A Political Analysis of the Hardliner Conservative Strategy of Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky in the Mid-Term Elections This political analysis will define the strategic use of the Conservative hardliner strategy as the re-election theme of Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky in the 2014 Mid-Term elections. Senator McConnell is a member of the Republican Party, which often espouse free market values for corporate interests, low taxes for the upper classes, and the diminishment of government regulation in business affairs. However, McConnell has been working to resolve economic issues of class disparity, which involve promoting women’s rights and other democratic values as part of his re-election campaign as the leader of the Minority …show more content…

McConnell chose to use his political power in the hopes of bringing female voters to the Republican cause, especially within the framework of a less radical view of women I the workplace and in education. This Republican perception of the economic needs of women is one way in which McConnell, which illustrates the use of TV advertisements to counter the accusations of Grimes in the call for grater equality for women in education and in the …show more content…

343). McConnell’s powerful leadership role as Minority Leader in Congress defines the appeal of right wing voters in Kentucky, which gives a slight advantage over Grimes. More so, McConnell, has been touting the possibility that he will “most likely” be chosen as a the Senate Majority leader if he is re-elected. At the national level, McConnell has provide a strong backbone to the conservative push for a more ideological view of republican values. More so, he has been the primary opponent of president Obama’s quest for Obamacare, and other features of populist sentiments that threaten the free market approach to resolving problems health coverage, employment, and social stability during the recession. In addition this the role as Minority Leader, McConnell has become a national spokesperson for the Republican Party, which cannot be denied as an important advantage in the midterm elections in Kentucky. This promise provides McConnell with the political clout to overcome Grimes, which has been a common feature of the political strategy in the rise to Majority Leader in Congress: How can our poor state afford to give up the power that Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has amassed in 30 years in Washington, especially if Republicans take the Senate, making him the majority leader? (“Elect

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