Are political conventions still necessary? This is a topic I came across in U.S. News and World Report. There is one article for both the pros and cons of political conventions today. I think the pros outweigh the cons. Though political conventions don't function the way they used to or the way they were originally created to work, they are still an important part of the process.
As time passes and America progresses, the ways of the convention as it began are no longer relevant. Many Americans do not want to see the dominance of a party or all the debating and arguing over the set platform of the party and then the party casting many ballots to eventually reach the nominee. Party platforms are murky nowadays.
The political conventions serve the purpose of broadcasting the nominees and their messages to the nation (well, the world really). Many Americans straddle the fence during an election year because snippets here and there from the candidates and catching them whenever you can on tv aren't enough to grab someone and pull them off one side of the fence.
Conventions give Americans time to hear the candidates and to take a look at them; measure them up. I do not agree with the "con" article "No Interest, No Purpose, No Use" when the writer Matthew Spalding calls them meaningless ceremonies.
Political conventions serve a purpose in promoting the candidates. Americans can listen to the speeches and weigh them out. Strict party lines are best to be avoided because many people are not going to be fully on one side. I'm not. However, being able to watch both conventions and listen to what they each say they can offer me can help me add up which side has the most check marks.
Therefore, it makes sense that the political conventions would progress the same way that the world does. It can't just stay the same, and they don't really need to just be chucked out. They help bring people more into the election before election week arrives. The conventions just need to keep moving with the times.
0 comments:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
