I awaken daily grateful to live in the American Democratic Republic, though I know how hard it is to be a good citizen. A good citizen is knowledgeable about government and elected officials from local to state and national government. While people work hard for sustainable living, their bandwidth to attend to government is limited.
Consider, for instance, what you need to know about presidential and congressional, and senatorial candidates. This information does not favor a political party.
Describing the ideal candidate for President of the United States
Here is an outline to guide your consideration and to encourage candidates to tell their stories following this guide. Use it to organize information gained from resumes (found on Wikipedia and elsewhere). Go to the candidate's website to see how they describe themselves. Verify and validate everything the best you can.
• Candidate name:
The kind of candidate I am: (Their words)
• Met the statutory requirements: 1) Citizen born in the USA, 2) Age 35 years or greater, 3) Lived in the country for the past 14 years
• Birth date:
• Place of birth:
• Residences during the past 14 years:
• Intelligence Quotient (IQ): (Provided by candidates from an accredited source)
• Education:
o High School (School Name/Location)
o College Graduate (College/University Name/Location
• Degree Type:
o Major areas of study:
o GPA:
o Honors/Distinctions:
o Post Graduate (University Name/Location) (for each)
• Professional Certifications:
o Bar
o CPA
o Engineer
o Medical Doctor
o Other
• Occupation/Vocation/Profession:
• Health Status: Healthy, sick, recovering, recovered: Verified with a doctor's report
Voter's assessment of candidate age: (Will the candidate be able to complete two terms? Does the candidate have sufficient knowledge and Experience as evidenced by the time spent to acquire it?)
• Young 35-50, Middle 51-60, Older 61 >
• Affected Class:
• Candidate Description:
• Verified by Census filing
• Voter assessment of character and behavior
From reviewing the past presidents, we identified specific terms that help differentiate and describe candidates listed in alphabetical order.
• Adaptive
• Allegiant to the Constitution and nation
• Brave in the face of adversity
• Leader, follower
• Listener, talker
• Passionate, unpassionate, easy-going
• Process-oriented (how), task-oriented (what), results-oriented (outcomes)
• Thundering or reassuring
• Visionary, administrator, integrator, independent, loner
This category is refined further, though this is a thought starter.
• Voters' assessment of leadership style
Similarly, we captured some words used to describe leadership styles.
o Collaborator
o Creative and inventive
o Delegator
o Detailer
o Do it yourself
o Hands-on
o You're fired
• Education and Training (Professional Development)
Life-long learning – Observing how presidential candidates have stayed abreast of current knowledge and skill requirements is beneficial.
• Knowledge:
o American government system
o Concept of operations
o Concept of the role of the president in optimizing the nation's government performance
o Constitution
o Economics
o Entitlements
o Foreign policy
o Information and communications technology
o International trade
o Knowing each governmental department and primary expectations for them
o Knowing how to create laws
o Knowing how to work with Congress
o Law
o Operational architecture
o Primary presidential tasks and associated outcomes
• Skill:
o Administrative
o Budgeting
o Strategic planning
o Writing
o Speaking
o Negotiating
o Collaborating
o Debating
o Planning
o Problem-solving
o Decision-making
o Sense-making
o Predicting
o Modeling
o Recruiting and staffing
o Organization development
o Program evaluation and management
• Life History (Childhood to adulthood status)
The kind of person that can relate to me, the sort of person to whom I can tell; my type of person:
o The person next door
o The person who lives on the best street
o Successful
o Hobo (like Harry Truman)
• Ability to manage the economy: The president's job is to create an environment in which private enterprise can flourish as that increases revenues.
o Optimization = Increasing GDP and higher quality service for the least cost and labor intensity
o Presidential Platform and Agenda: Priorities, Issues, Causes, Programs, Solutions, Vision
o Banking
o Fossil fuels
o Energy independence
o Entrepreneurs
o Food supply
o Green renewable
o Housing
o Infrastructure
o Job creation
o Manufacturing
o Nation-building
o Nuclear
o Peace-building
o Preemptive war
o Promote democracy
o Sustainable economy
o Transportation
o War is the last resort
• Relationship with Powerful Forces: Military Industrial Complex, Wall Street, PACs, and Lobbyists
• Political Party
o Relationships with party leadership
• Values:
o Attitude to Big Business
o Attitude about campaign contributions
o Attitude about educators
o Attitude about free speech
o Attitude about government regulation
o Attitude about gun control
o Attitude about health care
o Attitude about immigrants
o Attitude about organized labor
o Attitude about public service
o Attitude of rural America
o Attitude about Small Businesses
o Attitude about women and minorities
o Attitude toward immigrants
o Attitude toward minorities
o Patriotic
o States' rights versus Central government
o Work ethic
• Military Experience:
o Rank
o Combat Veteran
o Unit
o Command
o Wars and battles
o Citations and awards
• Public Office Experience:
o Vice President
o Judge
o Department Secretary
o Governor
o Senator
o House Representatives
o Mayor
o State Legislature
o Other Public Service
• Private Sector Experience:
o CEO/President
o Large Corporation
o Medium Corporation
o Small Business
o Vice President
o Director
o Professional Manager
o Entrepreneur
o Inventor
o Patents
• Memberships: Organizations and Leadership positions
• Voters' assessment of candidates on religion: Faith matters; Faith is irrelevant; Faith is private."
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