Winning the Presidency – What Counts?
with Sue Roman
Can you determine a winning strategy for the election of the next President of the United States of America?
Is the amount of money in the campaign chest the deciding factor? What about personality? Is family an important ingredient? Perhaps media and/or appearance in TV advertisements makes the critical difference? Do winning campaigns have to “get down dirty” and destroy the credibility or reputation of the opponent? Are issues of any significance? What states will count the most in the final outcome? What factors on the campaign trail make the biggest difference: kissing babies? talking with “the people” in the coffee shop? avoiding grammar (and spelling) mistakes? visiting the rich or the poor or the elderly? party affiliation? past record and experience? speaking in simplifications? What, again, is the role of real issues?
This spring is the ideal time to follow “the race,” past and present, in all its fascinating details. Read, discuss, debate, make predictions, test new strategies, communicate with the candidates, etc, etc.
Sessions: Four, 90-minute meetings
When: Tuesdays, January 15 & 29, February 5 & 19
Time: 6:30-8 p.m.
Cost: $160 (or a contribution to the Sue Roman PAC)
Register at least two weeks before your class first meets.
Sue Roman has taught Government at Greenhill for 37 years. She first became interested in politics when Warren Harding was elected President. She is a legend in her own time, a veritable fount of political information who has managed to keep her private leanings a mystery for all these years.
For questions, contact Christine Eastus at afterdark@greenhill.org, or by phone at (972) 628-5441.