Most recent public comments by Dictator Gilbert Camacho https://nowcomment.com/users/25164 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62569?scroll_to=595780 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62569?scroll_to=595780 Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:39:18 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62569?scroll_to=595778 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62569?scroll_to=595778 Advertising is a way for the incumbents to be noticed. To be able to see a face will make the public feel more comfortable with who they are electing. Advertising is constantly being utilized and is one of the main key factors to gaining recognition. Credit-claiming portrays the candidate as a "good" person. This is because credit claiming shows how the candidate is benefiting the community, what new system they've started or just what they have contributed in. Even if it were just a small help, incumbents like to take the full credit of their actions/non-actions. And lastly, benefits are given out to favor the candidate's constituents or non constitutents. The method of attracting their home district will help them win the vote by giving the public what they want. The method of attracting outside district constitutents is a way to sabotage those home district running candidates. As you can see, politics is a dirty game. It involves a lot of selfishness and cockyness to win the public over. It isn't even about helping us anymore, it's more about them holding their position or trying to get a position. Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:39:18 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62569?scroll_to=595776 https://nowcomment.com/documents/62569?scroll_to=595776 I found it really interesting how congressman are constantly fighting the battle to hold their position even though they are the ones that seem to hold it 90% of the time. Recognition seems to play a big role in getting reelected because the people like to see a familiar face."In the main, recognition carries a positive valence; to be perceived at all is to be perceived favorably". I found this quote contradicting because it states that to be perceived at all is a good thing meaning even if it were a bad perception of yourself. Does this mean it is better for a congressman to be perceived in an unfavorable way than to not be perceived at all? This idea really intrigues me. Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:39:18 -0400