Public Expectations of the Presidency Public Expectations

Public Expectations of the Presidency

Public Expectations

Public expectations of presidency

The president office in most of the developing as well as developed countries is looked as an institution for bringing improvements in the society. People often look at the office with very high hopes as they are of the opinion that the representative of the masses will have a better understanding about the problems and preferences of the people of the society. Throughout the history of USA we can observe that majority of the president came into the power because they picked up the major problem faced by the people of their times and used it as a weapon for their election campaigns (Boxer, 2009, p. 51). For example when Obama was running the election campaign he highlighted the expenses which the country has to bear to fight the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Opinion polls and surveys at the time of election campaign of Obama suggested that people are not happy with the war fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is the reason why Obama picked up the issue of war as a subject matter of its election campaign. In future we can assume that the major issue on the basis of which the future president is to be elected could be the issue related to the matter of tax. Since the Obama's administration is focusing on shifting the tax burden to the elite members of the society. Therefore from the above discussion it can be concluded that the person sitting in the president office of the U.S.A. has a strong knowledge about the latest trends related to the issues and problems of the people. People often have some expectations when they elect their representatives. Some of these expectations can be considered as legitimate since the candidates running for the presidency often claim to solve particular types of problem peculiar to the society. But some of the expectation of the public can be considered as invalid. For example American President, Barrack Obama promised the nation that if he would come into the power then he certainly going to end the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Therefore if the people are asking about the progression of the government towards this goal then it can be implied that the demand of the public is legitimate (Cronin & Genovese, 1998, p. iii).

As far as the challenges faced by the president office are concerned, the expectations from the people are little bit higher. The tense situation related to the area of economy, politics and defense is not only happening to be worse in the U.S.A. But the whole world is suffering from such problems. But thanks to the government of our country which is still doing something in order to put the nation out of the crises. There are many countries whose government is capable of overcoming the crises but they do not have a will to change the things for the betterment of the masses. Countries in the region of sub-continent can be considered as one of the example of lower of willingness of the representatives to bring the change for the improvement of conditions of the general public. The presidents of USA, no matter whoever he or she would be have the ability in general to come up to the expectations of the public. However as far as the constitution of the country is concerned, sometimes it limits the ability of the representatives of the public towards the service of the people (Boxer, 2009, p. 51). For example the Twenty second amendment in the constitution of USA says that no person can be elected as a president more than twice. I believe that if the person has the ability and the people are willing to accept him more than his usual term then let the people judgment should be given the preference. Some constitutional experts and political scientists are of the opinion that if the limitation of two terms of the president will be removed then there might be a chance that democracy might change in to the model similar to the dictatorship or kingship. But they should also realize the fact that democracy is the government of the people, for the people and by the people. Therefore if the public of USA is interested to elect someone for the third time then it should not be considered as a threat for the future of the country.