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This 4 page paper argues that political campaigns don't make good government; they take lawmakers away from Washington to campaign in their home states, and they are skewed toward the wealthy, making them irrelevant for the average American. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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that they make for a very poor government. Discussion Its been observed by many people that when someone is elected to the House, he or she spends the first
six months of their two-year term learning the ropes, and the last six months campaigning for reelection, thus reducing their effective time in Congress by half. Since Senators have
six year terms its not quite as bad for them, but they still spend a great deal of time I their home states campaigning for election when they could be
in Washington working. In addition, political experts observe that the political parties "no longer seek to exert influence the democratic way - by mobilizing citizens - but instead
seek to win by smearing and investigating and prosecuting the opponent" (Politics & government). In this mudslinging contest, "the average citizen becomes an irrelevant bystander as leaders wage nasty
wars through distant institutions" such as Congressional committees and the media (Politics & government). No wonder voters dont care much. Other dirty tricks include "attack ads on television and
radio designed to alienate the opponents voters" which often succeed in driving voters away (Politics & government). Then too, when candidates do try to mobilize voters, they often concentrate
on wooing only the most likely voters, and that group generally includes educated, white, fairly well off, middle aged people with children (Politics & government). Non-whites, the poor, singles
and others are marginalized and forgotten (Politics & government). "In the misguided world of modern politics, voter apathy is not an urgent, unanticipated problem, but rather the intended consequence
of campaigners cynical choices" (Politics & government). One of the biggest (and worst) problems with campaigns is the financing. Since most Americans can barely name the President, let alone
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