Saturday, March 9, 2013

Running for Public Office - Emily

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Running for Public Office
by Sarah De Capua
 
Review by Emily
 
Running for Public Office by Sarah De Capua talks about what a public office is and how candidates campaign for these important roles.  In short, a public office is a position that can be held by a candidate who is elected for the position they ran for.  A successful campaign needs resources such as money, volunteers, and a convincing candidate who seems fit for the job and can receive votes.  Candidates get votes by connecting to the voters and the rest of the public.  Candidates connect to the public in many different ways, such as press conferences, door-to-door, school visits, rallies, speeches and advertisements.

We also learn that the most difficult office to run for is the U.S. President. The U.S. Presidential Election happens every four years on a Tuesday between the 2nd and 8th of November, but campaigns for President start two years before Election Day! The candidates find out if they won after the ballots are counted and the results are announced, which is usually on the night of or morning after Election Day. After the results are announced, both the winners and the losers make speeches. The losers give a concession speech, in which they thank those who helped with the campaign and wish the winner luck, and the winners discuss what he or she plans to do while they are in office.

  I sincerely enjoyed this book, and I think readers in grades 4-7 would enjoy it, too. Surprisingly, I did learn something from this book. I did not know that the Presidential Campaign starts two years before Election Day. Wow!
 



6 comments:

  1. I like this book because we need to learn about how to vote who your voting for I think everybody needs to read this book because this a good lesson to read about love Daneswha

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  2. Latricia:Thats awesome because i didnt know nothing about running office and how they have important roles.

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  3. This book has me wanting to run for public office! But I need to follow the procedures first! Well done, Emily! -Akiera

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  4. I love this book,it seems great so great to be part of the office.-Carmen











































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  5. Katimala> I did not know that the Presidential Campaign starts two years before Election Day. Great Job Hun.

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  6. I never knew this much about how the Presidental election worked and what they do before that. so i`m really glad that you made this summary about the book emily! -Alyssa

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