The Roles of Congress and The Presidency

The Roles of Congress and The Presidency

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapters 4 and 10 of THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY, 2018 ELECTIONS AND UPDATES EDITION

Initial Post: minimum of 2 scholarly sources (must include your textbook for one of the sources).

Your Initial Post and Follow-Up Post must be based on the same option you chose to receive credit for both posts.

Initial Post Instructions

For the initial post, respond to one of the following options, and label the beginning of your post indicating either Option 1 or Option 2:

Option 1: Political scientists disagree on the exact causes of the low representation of women in Congress. Why do you think there are so few women in Congress compared to men? How likely are these representation patterns will change dramatically over your lifetime? For this discussion question, you will have to do some research online.

Option 2: What characteristics do you think voters look for when choosing a president? Do you think voters choose the characteristics they are looking for depending on the socioeconomic and political environment - lack of jobs, riots, COVID-19, environmental concerns, and other issues etc.? Explain your answer.

Make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week.