Hello! I am a 19 year old college graduate that is interested in getting involved with politics. I recently acquired my B.A. degree from a prestigious private institution and I am extremely interested in becoming a politician. What is the first step? I am interested in starting out in the city council. Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide me with. I look forward to internalizing your advice.
2006-06-26 20:54:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
go to town hall and see if there are any positions. If there are apply and let them know what you are trying to do. Become an intern or something then climb the ladder. Good luck with it, i hope you achieve all you are trying to.
2006-06-26 20:59:06 · answer #1 · answered by Southie9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, first you can drop the bullsh**. all the bullsh** you've ever aquired through your life. than you can set an agenda. Things like social change, making things better for people etc. If you don't have this on your agenda then you're just going to become one of the corrupted politicians we see so many times on TV, ocasionally doing good things, but only because it benefits them in other ways. read some voltaire or greek philosophers to get a view of what you should act like when you become a statesman.
second, you must join a political party, do your internship there, prove valuable to them and that you have the right stuff to go higher up the ladder.
you then have to persuade them to vote you, to let you run as a candidate for an office (be it mayor, counselor, senator, president etc.). this is where all the ideals and good stuff from 1 start to break down. you gotta compromise, you have to bend to the will of X and Y, so that you'll stand a chance.
it's actually a paradox. to do good on a large scale as a politician, you must first do evil in order to stand a chance for election.
after you've convinced your peers you can win, you actually have to get elected in your desired function. and thats another story alltogether. most people are uninformed and don't know what would be good for them in general (think of all the people complaining about outsourcing, not realising that it can work both ways, and that other companies are outsoursing into their country as well), so you have to bend to their will again.
it's overall a dirty and messy thing to do, given the current cirucumstances, and if you don't have the moral integrity and strongness of character, you really shoudn't try out for it. there are better ways to help people,
2006-06-26 21:04:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first forget compassion and embrace money, lots of it, then get in with a big corperation like the oil industry, they will pay for whatever you need, as long as they will continue to control your every move and decission.
Or begin with a seat in a board of dirctors in a small town or get elected in a city as a council member then work real hard be honest to your self and do what no other politician has done , get to the top without taking the bribes and avoid all the sharks in the sea of corruption called out government and the corporate giants.
2006-06-26 21:24:12 · answer #3 · answered by cbb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well its easy all you have to do is go to your local legislator find out the history of America and problems known in America. another way is to start an organization standing up for certain rights, then you start being recognized by the media sooner or later members of congress talk to you, then your famous and then your in politics.
2006-06-26 21:04:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By being a moron
2006-06-26 21:29:03 · answer #5 · answered by ULURU13 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋