Public Expectations of the Presidency
Public Expectations
Public expectations of presidency
The president office in most of the developing as well as developed countries is looked as an institution for bringing improvements in the society. People often look at the office with very high hopes as they are of the opinion that the representative of the masses will have a better understanding about the problems and preferences of the people of the society. Throughout the history of USA we can observe that majority of the president came into the power because they picked up the major problem faced by the people of their times and used it as a weapon for their election campaigns (Boxer, 2009, p. 51). For example when Obama was running the election campaign he highlighted the expenses which the country has to bear to fight the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Opinion polls and surveys at the time of election campaign of Obama suggested that people are not happy with the war fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is the reason why Obama picked up the issue of war as a subject matter of its election campaign. In future we can assume that the major issue on the basis of...
Since the Obama's administration is focusing on shifting the tax burden to the elite members of the society. Therefore from the above discussion it can be concluded that the person sitting in the president office of the U.S.A. has a strong knowledge about the latest trends related to the issues and problems of the people. People often have some expectations when they elect their representatives. Some of these expectations can be considered as legitimate since the candidates running for the presidency often claim to solve particular types of problem peculiar to the society. But some of the expectation of the public can be considered as invalid. For example American President, Barrack Obama promised the nation that if he would come into the power then he certainly going to end the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Therefore if the people are asking about the progression of the government towards this goal then it can be implied that the demand of the public is legitimate (Cronin & Genovese, 1998, p. iii).
As far as the challenges faced by the president office are concerned, the…
