What is more important “career politicians” with lots of experience or popularity when it comes to national political campaigns?
I believe that popularity is more important in national political campaigns as seen in the last three presidential elections. Hillary Clinton has decades of political experience, she was the first lady, a senator, and the Secretary of State. Her opponent, Donald Trump, has had a full zero years of political experience before becoming the highest level politician in the nation. Clinton’s speeches didn’t rally up the public the same way that Trump’s did. Obama was a United States Senator for less than four years, and he had a decent amount of time being involved in the Illinois government. John McCain has been in congress (the House and then Senate) since 1982. He had much more political experience than Obama, however, Obama was almost a celebrity. People loved him. His speeches got people rallied in a way that only he could. Recent history shows that popularity is more important than experience. I believe that experience is more important, but I see why popularity is how people win. I wouldn’t vote for someone that I hate even if they have lots of experience and would cater to my political beliefs.
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Do you think that Sarah Palin should hold the sole responsibility for McCain losing the 2008 election? Was McCain too soft on Obama? Why do you think that they lost the election?
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