Secondly, the education and knowledge that a political leader ought to have, must be apprised to the citizens because it is an initial factor in politics. The background in politics that a politician has, should be displayed to voters because their education and knowledge insinuates their ability to run the nation. Without knowing, how can we vote? It is like, an employer hiring for a job. Without the resume of the applicant, how does the employer know what experience or skills they have? If our president has the education of someone who has only obtained their high school diploma or a college drop out, do we really know, that they would be able to withstand the pressures of a political leader’s job? Having an ample amount of information, based on the political leader’s education and experience, allows a citizen to make a choice where they having full knowledge about who they are voting for. For example, David Peterson’s quote,
“Your job is to work as hard as you can in government, and to work as hard as you can in your ridings for the people you represent, because the time will come when you will not want me to come into your ridings. The time will come when I am so personally unpopular that you won't want help from me....and then at that moment, when I am not able to help, your chances of being re-elected are going to depend entirely on your own efforts,"
displays his knowledge in government. His statement of wisdom and astuteness indicates the level of his education and mentality, which influences the vote of a voter.
Thirdly, a politician’s morals are another concern for voters. In society our morals lead the path to how future generations will turn out to be. The high morals and values of a politician represent the bulk of society, because majority of citizens share the same virtues. It would be very unlikely for the majority of citizens to vote for a past
criminal to be prime minister. Instead we seek for a politician, which again has the same morals and values as the majority of society. A leader, such as George Bush has shown that his morals and ethics play a role, lower than those of society. Everyday new evidence is appearing that Bush has lied about the objectives to start the war of terrorism on Iraq. He claimed there were mass destruction weapons in Iraq, while UN inspectors found none. Also, Bush displays his values to the citizens. His major focus, are the high class, and the middle or poor class citizens are left to linger. Therefore being aware of the morality our political leader, allows us to make a judgement for who we should vote.
The personal life of a political leader should be a concern for voters, because they are entitled to know about an individual who they are entrusting their nation with. The three principles; family, education and knowledge, and morality play a great role in the life of a politician which the society should know of. A leader, who is a family man, influences the votes infinitely, because it is evident, that he or she is someone who is respectable and honourable. A leader with morals is a concern for voters because they want a leader who has the ability to lead his nation into bettering themselves individually and mutually. A leader with the knowledge and aptitude to lead and govern his country as exemplary, states that there would be no question about his or her capabilities of leading a nation. A leader’s life will always be a concern to the citizens because without the knowledge of our fellow political leaders, we can not put forth a vote, to a complete stranger.
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Baron, Jonathon. . “Value analysis of political behaviour - self-interested: moralistic:: altruistic : moral” May 2002.
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Peterson, David. . “Collected Quotes on Politics” 2004.
The Personal Life of a Politician
By: Simi Shergill
To: Mrs. Flynn
Date: Monday, October 25th 2004