I, Senator Jones, am running for the election to continue as Senator in a second term. My state has a large number of citrus plants in which need to be harvested. The elderly voters in this state are not out in the heat harvested our citrus fruits, instead there are a number of illegal immigrants that have been hired on at a cheep rate to harvested what needs to be harvested. These illegal immigrants here are making a rising price of insurance, energy and gas. My state is full of elderly voters and I am here to provide you with answers to scenarios in which I hope to win your votes.
Scenario one: The Senate is considering a bill that would enforce serve consequences to the person or business who hire illegal immigrants to work for them cheeper. My state is heavily dependent on the labor from these immigrants because they work for cheep. Do I agree to this bill that grants immunity to the illegal immigrants that are already in the country and prohibit new/more to come. Or do I say, “No, I don’t agree” and allow more illegal immigrants to come and work for these business with no penalty?
My Action: I agree with this bill, because of illegal immigrants there is a rising cost of insurance, energy and gas. Voting for the bill would lower these prices and here in American we have a minimum wage requirement you most pay your employees, this is also enforcing our everyone is equal with equal rights, jobs, and so forth. But I agree that the immigrants that have already lived here and worked for these companies should be allowed to stay and continue to work with an increase of pay and citizenship to the United States. So I vote for the bill.
^^ My results for agreeing with this bill was negative. The business that rely on these cheep illegal immigrants do not agree and it has lowered my state approval.
Scenario two: The teachers union wants to reform or even possibly doing away with the state-wide assessment testing. The senior citizens that are voting however wants the schools in your state to be more accountable for teaching their students. There is also a concern about the No Child Left Behind Act.
My Action: I believe the teachers showed get paid or have a bonus based on their students academic performance. This would hold the teachers more accountable and teachers would find more efficient ways of teaching their students. I do strongly believe in the no child left behind act but you cant not slow the other students down for one student. If that one student can not comprehend what is being taught then the teacher should tutor or suggest a tutor and help the student more outside of classroom time. So I would vote against the reform and hold the teachers more accountable.
^^ My results on holding our teachers more accountable for the students performances is said to be negative. The elderly people are learning more about the reform and starting to agree with the reform rather then disagree with it.
Scenario three: A news journalist went digging in my past and found out that I was a draft dodger and a student protester and now that this is happened a lot of rumors have come out concerning my past. Do I go on a news program and do an one-on-one interview or do I insist the people that is has no bearing on the situation now?
My Action: I would go on a popular news station and explain to the people that everyone has done stuff in there past that could be questioned but at the time we did what we thought was right. Although I was a student protester, I had my reasons for doing so. The past is the past and we are in the present. Can’t allow the past to dictate our future.
^^ As a result for my answer, I receive neutral feedback. Bringing up the past could be a dangerous thing but my campaign manger knew of these things and had a plan already together. Now all I can do is wait and see how this impacts my results.
Scenario four: Natural disasters can strike at any moment, hit any place at any time as we have seen in the most recent years. The bill on the Senates floor proposes putting a cap on insurance rates so that they will not go up due to the natural disasters. Insurance companies claim that should not be done and the insurance rate needs to be raised so that they can pay for for the past years of natural disaster and prepare for the future ones. Although all insurance payers believe the cap is necessary, the Senate fears that with this cap the federal government will have bail the insurance companies out of debt out of federal money.
My Actions: I believe the federal government is already paying for a lot towards the insurance companies and the people need a break from having to pay for damage that wasn’t their fault to begin with. The people should not be punished and pay outrages insurance rates. With this I voted for the cap on insurance rates.
^^ My results were positive. Although the insurance companies may be experiencing hardship the voters are extremely happy that they do not have to pay even more insurance. They have already been through enough and don't need to worry about insurance rates increasing.
Election results: It appears the voters believe you were not the voice of the people very well in your first term of Senate and they want a voice. You have lost your bid for reelection.
Reflections:
Now that you have completed your simulation experience, you will share your own observations and opinions of the election process by writing a minimum of one paragraph answering each of the following questions:
Now that you have completed your simulation experience, you will share your own observations and opinions of the election process by writing a minimum of one paragraph answering each of the following questions:
a. Did you agree with the outcome of your simulation experience? Why or why not?
b. What might have changed the outcome?
c. How do the scenarios compare to the local politics of your congressional district?
d. What do you feel has the greatest impact on the election results- local or national issues? And why?
e. Do you agree or disagree with this?
f. How do local issues affect the ability of Congress make national decisions?
I think the stimulation experience was a lot of fun and interesting. Yes I agree with what the people said about not having a voice for what they wanted exactly. However, I believe my response were legit and reasonable but you can’t always please the people. The way that the outcome could have been any different is if I appealed more to the younger/business owners voters in the state. The scenarios are just like “what if” questions but our congressional district have to make decisions like that everyday. I believe local issues has more impact on votes for a state Senator, what does the nation have to do with our local issues that we want a voice for. Yes I agree because we don’t want a Senator to have a voice for the nation but for our state and our local needs. Knowing each individual states issues could help congress find an underlining way to fix the problems.
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