Directions: Select a recent candidate or officeholder at the federal level that you considered supporting with your vote. Craft a handbill that advocates your person’s candidacy. Include the following:

• The Individual

  Does this person’s moral and professional capacity make this individual capable of serving “we the people” ethically and well?

• Political Party

  Does the person align well with the political party?
  Does the person have a political party endorsement?

• Public Policy

  Select two specific examples of public policy that your person advocates from the following fields:
  Economic policy

  An example of economic policy is U.S. budget deficit spending.

  Education policy

  An example of education policy is the implementation of national education standards.

  Environmental policy

  An example of environmental policy is the Clean Air Act.

  Foreign policy

  An example of foreign policy is how we conduct trade with other countries.

  Healthcare policy

  An example of healthcare policy is the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

  Welfare policy

  An example of welfare policy is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

  Why are these public policies important to this person and the potential voters?

• Endorsements

  Individuals?
  Interest Groups? Note: PAC donations illustrate support.
  News Media?
  Others?

• Support your analysis with information from the text and at least two additional academic sources.

Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:

• APA format.

  Title page.
  Reference page.
  APA citations.
  Double spaced sentences.
  12-point Times New Roman font.

• Standard English grammar conventions.

  Correct grammar.
  Correct punctuation and spelling.
  Logical, well ordered sentences. 

J.R MYERS 1

J.R MYERS 2

J.R. Myers

Jorge Gonzalez

Purdue University Global

SS236M4

29TH of March 2021

Question 1. Does this person’s moral and professional capacity make this individual capable of serving “we the people” ethically and well?

J.R. Myers is capable of serving “we the people” ethically and well considering his past relationship with his community. He was able to involve himself with the community at an early stage which enabled him to get elected to Board of Directors of the Great Falls Native American Association and Health Clinic. Myers also assisted in the founding of the Great Falls NAACP (Gilens, & Page, 2014). Comment by Erica R. Johnson: What office is he running for? Comment by Erica R. Johnson: Elaborate

Myers considered himself a “Reagan Republican” where he served as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and on the Flathead County Republican Central Committee as well as worked with the Montana Republican Party and serving as chair for Libertarian and Reform Parties. He went to the University of Great Falls where he attained his Bachelors’ of Science in Liberal Arts, M.S in Human Services, and M.S in Professional Counselling.

He started his political journey in 2003, where he became a member of the Alaskan Independence Party becoming AIP Vice Chair. In 2010, he founded and chaired the Alaska Constitution Party, a formal affiliate of the national Constitution Party. He is currently working at Lynn Canal Counselling Services in Haines. He has worked as a professional counsellor for over 15 years. Besides his profession, Myers is a Christian and is dedicated to serving others and providing hope and healing in the last frontier (Schmälzle, et al. 2017).

Question 2 Does the person align well with the political party?

J.R. Myers aligns well with his political party. ; tThis has enabled him to achieve a number of accomplishments, such as establishing the Life and Liberty Party as a national presence, gaining support from across the country in every state and territory, appearing in several interviews and a couple of debates, as well as appearing on ballot in Arkansas and being included in the national Presidential electoral vote count totals being reported across the country.

Question 3. Does the person have a political party endorsement?

Yes. J.R. Myers has his political party endorsement since with Life and Liberty pParty he ran for president of the United States though he lost as a write-in in the general election on November, 3, 2020.

Question 4. J.R. Myers’ Public Policies

Health Policy

His political party aims at putting an end to premature death by affirming all innocent lives from conception to natural death. Comment by Erica R. Johnson: Explain. Vague.

Economic Policy

Life and Liberty Party wants to implement a Universal Debt Jubilee as the only real antidote to menacing multi-trillion-dollar national debt tsunami. Comment by Erica R. Johnson: Explain.

Question 5

Why are these public policies important to this person and the potential voters?

Each public official or a candidate should be able to understand the changes that occur in a society’s economy, social, and political conditions (Terman, & Voeten, 2018).With this, a society is able to meet its changing needs. From these public policies among others of the Life and Liberty pParty, both the candidate and his potential voters are assured of a preservation of better health, security, legal systems and sustained economic property.

References Where is the course text?

Gilens, M., & Page, B. I. (2014). Testing theories of American politics: Elites, interest groups, and average citizens. Perspectives on politics, 12(3), 564-581.

Schmälzle, R., O’Donnell, M. B., Garcia, J. O., Cascio, C. N., Bayer, J., Bassett, D. S., … & Falk, E. B. (2017). Brain connectivity dynamics during social interaction reflect social network structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(20), 5153-5158.

Terman, R., & Voeten, E. (2018). The relational politics of shame: Evidence from the universal periodic review. The Review of International Organizations, 13(1), 1-23.

Saini, V., Garcia-Armesto, S., Klemperer, D., Paris, V., Elshaug, A. G., Brownlee, S., … & Fisher, E. S. (2017). Drivers of poor medical care. The Lancet, 390(10090), 178-190.

Competency Assessment Rubric

All competency criteria must be met to earn a B grade and pass this Course Outcome.

A predefined number of mastery criteria must be met to earn an A grade, indicating mastery of the Course Outcome. See the CLA and Grade Criteria Chart below.

MET

NOT YET MET

Candidate Analysis: The Individual

Competency

Explains how the candidate’s moral and professional capacity make this individual capable of serving “we the people.”

X

Mastery

Includes an analysis of the candidate’s ethics.

X

Candidate Analysis: The Party

Competency

Explains how the candidate aligns with the chosen political party.

X

Candidate Analysis: Public Policy

Competency

Explains how two specific examples of public policy the candidate advocates showcase the candidate’s political, social, or economic views.

X

Mastery

Includes an analysis from at least two public policy fields: economics, education, environment, foreign policy, health care, and/or welfare policy.

X

Candidate Analysis: Endorsements

Competency

Explains who endorsed the candidate: individuals, interest groups, news media, and/or others.

X

Total Competency Criteria:

Total Mastery Criteria:

CLA and Grade Criteria Chart

CRITERIA

CLA Score

Grade

Points

Meets all competency criteria and 2 of mastery criteria

5

A

1000

Meets all competency criteria and 0–1 of mastery criteria

4

B

850

Meets 3 of competency criteria

3

Not Yet Competent*

0

Meets 2 of competency criteria

2

Not Yet Competent*

0

Meets 1 of competency criteria

1

Not Yet Competent*

0

Meets 0 competency criteria

0

Not Yet Competent*

0

No submission

NA

Not Yet Competent*

0

*Not Yet Competent grades convert to an F at term end.

*If work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned for revision without being scored. If the work submitted does not meet the minimum submission requirements by the end of the term, you will receive a failing score.

Minimum Submission Requirements

Minimum Submission Requirements

MET

NOT YET MET

· 1 page (not including the title page or reference page)

X

· APA formatting (including in-text citations and a separate reference page following the text)

X

· Three sources (including the class text and two additional outside sources)

X