The topic of this model is to examine the rhetoric of female political candidates and how it affects their chances of being elected into political office. The area has received growing attention within the last forty years as more women began seeking representation in the American government (Dolan, 2014). Furthermore, there has been a considerable amount of attention since the 2008 Presidential Elections. A sizeable amount of research shows women facing negative stereotypes in the news media. However, little research has been done to show if these negative stereotypes affect how a voter perceives the candidate and makes a conscious decision to vote based upon those stereotypes. This area of research is particularly significant with the upcoming 2016 Presidential elections. Currently, there are two women, Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina, who are campaigning to have their names as nominees on a major party ticket. Clinton and Fiorina are campaigning for separate party nominations. Model Overview: The model examines the process of how a voter perceives the rhetorical competence of a female candidate and how the candidate’s competence positively leads to election. A female candidate needs to creditable, charismatic and trustworthy. These leadership traits and characteristics impact …show more content…
419). When a candidate speaks, the more the candidate has similar rhetoric to the values of the party, the more a voter can identify with the candidate and the party to make a judgment. Doherty’s findings suggest it is easier for candidates who identify with the Republican Party to effectively express their own values as the values of the party. While of the other hand, Democratic candidates are able to effectively educate voters of their own personal values, but have a harder time convincing voters that those are the value of the entire Democratic
Incompetent Politicians Need to Grow Up Presidential Race: In “Why should we hire Carly Fiorina for president?” Richard Cohen asserts that Carly Fiorina would not be a good choice for president, regardless of her success or failure in business. Cohen employs the use of the example of Herbert Hoover, an excellent business man but a “political klutz” (9) to show that having people who are not legitimate politicians try to be president is not in the best interests of the United States. Cohen also uses statistics to illustrate that she was not even that good of a businesswoman, as the stock of her company decreased significantly during her time there. This serves to discredit her further because even if one believes that a good businessperson will
A study conducted by Dahlerup in 2006, shows that gender reforms have boosted women confidence and have had a positive effect on political participation (Dahlerup 2006). Since 1990 Nicaragua, Panamá, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica have elected a woman as president. Since the 1990s many countries have established new gender expectations with a substantial increase in political participation by women (Inter-Parliamentary Union
“The 2012 Project is a national, non-partisan campaign determined to address this recruit, train and mentor women candidates. Why does it matter if women have a voice in politics? Clearly, because women 's specific rights and interests are not protected otherwise.” This quote provides perfect insight into what women would be more invested in that men would otherwise disregard because they aren’t as involved. Second, we need our current politicians to listen to our voices.
During his time in office, Canada dropped to number 23 on the United Nation’s gender inequality global rank (McLeod, 2015). So, logically this leads one to ask: Could this anti-Harper sentiment be due in part to a drop in support from women, who possibly find him too extreme? The theory that this paper advances is that when politicians take such drastic and provocative stances, it results in scores of people thinking that they are too extreme, which ultimately gives way to strong sentiments, like “Anyone but Harper”. To test this theory, this essay will investigate the following hypothesis: women are more likely to think that Stephen Harper is too extreme, in comparison to men. The resultant null hypothesis is that one’s gender is unrelated
With television being a powerful source of persuasion, presidential candidates began to use it as a campaign tactic in 1952. After witnessing that it was a successful tactic they have continued to use it until the most recent presidential campaign in 2012. Over the course of all these years the American people have seen all kinds of presidential campaign ads. Some were plain and boring following the norm of having the candidate talk straight from a podium, while others took creativity to another level and did not even show the candidate in the add but just a little girl and images of the atomic bomb. The ads also differed in levels of positivism and negativism; some only focused on the good qualities of the candidate and the actions he would
It can impact social factors, group cohesion and self-leadership skills. In Penny Wong’s case, society 's gender expectations may discourage her from a political career because she is female. This is due to the profession being strongly dominated by males. Members in society may also discriminate Penny, for being female and for her sexuality as a Lesbian.
With the passed election of twenty-sixteen, campaign speeches are a powerful way to sway an audience to vote one way or another. Candidates purpose for speeches are strictly used to capture the emotional, ethical, and logical appeal of the audience to show the problems America faces today. Campaign speeches are also used to show why their opponent cannot fulfill the position as president. It is used more or less to strengthen their own chances of winning and weaken their opponents, using the appeal of ethos. Current President Donald Trump’s Republican National Convention Speech ,uses the appeal of pathos excessively while lacking the logos appeal using more of an emotional aspect to reel in his audience.
The truth of the matter is, none of these women stood a chance against the negative representations they received from the news media. Since the 1984 Presidential Elections, where Geraldine Ferraro was the first women to run as a vice presidential candidate, scholars have studied the effects of gendered stereotypes, metaphors, double binds, and sexism in the news media. Studying the gendered communications of past elections illuminates the presence of gendered stereotypes and double binds
The “Misogyny” speech by Julia Gillard, the prime minister during the time, was performed in the house of representatives on 9th of October 2012. Clear usage of her role as prime minister, her gender and word choice are shown as effective shaming of the leader of the opposition, Tony Abbot. The speech was given because of Abbots sexist and Misogynistic statements. Because of Abbots position in parliament as opposition leader, he should be targeted to maintain power in the government and giving the elected labor party a good public image in the regards to sexism and Misogyny. In doing so she was able to defend her standpoint as a female minister of Parliament.
Brian, I strongly agree with you in regards to political polls. It appears that numerous time, they conduct polls in regions based on what would actually support their current agendas. In addition, the polls are rarely supported with of the sampling details. Unfortunately, countless individuals take these polls as 100% factual without questioning the methods.
The twenty-first century has been one of the most progressive times for women’s success. Women have recently made their presence known in the workforce; in fact, they have integrated themselves into every aspect of American culture. It is not uncommon to see female role models in politics; take Hillary Clinton, the first woman to be elected by a major party, as an example. She accomplished the win of the popular vote, despite her defeat in the 2016 Presidential Election. This event was huge for women all over the country; it reiterated the fact that women could stand as an equal with men.
The negative stereotype that is fueling the recruiters’ perceptions is the categorization of their potential new hire candidates. Through the Worlwide Panel LLC interview process, their recruiter’s are grouping, what they think are incapable workers, based on a certain behavioral tendency. By categorizing a group of people that commit a particular irregularity can create stereotypes as well as misleading. A general view of a person’s capability during a brief time is not enough to pass judgment for their future. Behavioral tendencies are not the only consistent way to evaluate future job performance.
My Grandfather recently recalled that when he was a young man, getting out to vote usually meant that workers for each political machine went out and twisted a few arms. He was reflecting on the fact that in the final decade of the Twentieth Century, the computer had revolutionized the way politicians get people to vote for them. Both the Republican and the Democratic parties are increasingly basing their strategies on computer analyses. In a recent campaign for president, one election committee asked a computer to match the names of all registered drivers against the names of all registered voters in a particular State.
Most recently, campaigns have become exceedingly expensive, an aspect that sparks high demand for campaigns finance reforms. Indeed, the campaign trail is also characterized with a diverse set of social aspects which includes among others, feminist,
Picture a world where no politicians existed and everyone had equal power to do whatever the heart desired. Many people would agree that the world would be a better place due to the many negative stereotypes about the group, yet if one were to think hard the world would be in complete chaos without its leaders. It is so often that appearances and attitudes play a major role in how a person is distinguished and little consideration goes to getting to know that individual. The usage of stereotypes and misconceptions to make assumptions about a person has been going on for the longest time; this unfortunately gives the wrong perspective and puts people in categories in which they do not belong in. Moreover stereotypes and misconceptions are used