FREE ESSAY ON YOUNG AMERICANS AND THE ROLE THEY PLAY

YOUNG AMERICANS AND THE ROLE THEY PLAY

Ever since the United States decided to have a president, there has always been
controversy on how to elect the right leader of our country. We will be looking at the
qualifications such as: accomplishments, experiences in education, government, military,
political and world views, and character needed in a person to be the best leader
possible to represent this country.
What qualifications should be used in electing a president? There are many qualifications
that should be met in order to be elected the president. He/she must have a good
educational background, show evidence of accomplishments, experience in government and
military, policy expertise, and he/she must have good character.
Accomplishments and experience are two important qualifications to look for in a
presidential candidate. He/she must have a good educational background to be able to lead
our whole country. Everyday he/she would be facing numerous problems and obstacles. The
president must know the smartest thing to do in every situation. They must know the
difference between resolutions that last short amounts of time and ones that will
continue to help our country far into the future. A presidential candidate must also show
evidence of accomplishments throughout their life and most importantly have experience in
the government. Experience in military is also a big advantage in a candidate. They'd
have knowledge and experience in situations of war if it were to arise. These skills in a
president would greatly assist him/her to do a better job running the country.
Probably the most controversial quality a president could have would have to be his/her
political views on our country, along with the role it plays with the rest of the world.
When a candidate speaks about how he/she is going to change the country, the 
audience can make or break the candidate. Even though there is going to be some people
that don't agree with what the president says, the majority of the people agree on
certain issues that the president focuses on. The candidate should have knowledge on what
the public wants and their opinions on the world, but should also keep their views as
close to their own as possible. Along with focusing on our own country's problems he/she
must also focus on what is going on around the world and how it will or may affect our
own country. The candidate must be able to convince the public that he/she can resolve
our country's problems and improve it in any way possible.
Even though character may not be the most important quality the citizens of this country
have made electing a president into a popularity contest. What really should count though
is the candidate's true character rather than how the public perceives him/her. So how
would you know a candidate's true character without actually knowing them personally? I
feel the best judgement of character comes from knowledge of their past. Some good things
to aide you with this knowledge would be how the candidate did in school, what they did
with their lives, how they get along with family members and friends, and their
willingness to help others. Character to me is the qualities that make up a person, good
and bad. If a person inspires to become president his/her character should consist of
many good qualities. A leader should be honest, caring but also strict, loyal, he/she
must set a good example for people to follow, ambition and desire to improve our country
in any way possible, and he/she must be moral and ethical. Those are just a few
characteristics needed in a person if they are to make a good president. For example, our
current president Clinton, in my opinion has been a good one. He has done many things to
improve our country and as president for eight years he's gotten a lot done. However as a
result of some bad character choices he is probably disliked by most of the public and
will be looked back at as a joke to our country. Good character is an important value and
it should play a part in the voter's decision. Though it shouldn't be the deciding
factor.
The topics I've discussed in this paper are all very important factors in determining who
the best president would be, but in my opinion the most important issue to base our
decision on is how the candidate feels about political issues facing our country. This is
the subject we should be basing most of our decision on, not who's the most popular. Most
importantly we need to know and have faith that the person whom we elect to be president
will be the right choice. Hopefully we choose the one that will make the right decisions
to improve our country and make it a better place. Sometimes you have to look at not only
the character of the candidates but also the character of the people who are electing our
president.