POLS 207 Lecture 14: Governors and Executives
2 Nov 2016
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Traditionally governors come from the same families, but different generations; they are sons of state power families ; ie: roosevelts and rockefellers. Governors also have a sense of good looks and ready for photo ops with the ability to speak in clear sound bites . It is common for governors to have a legal background. Usually when recruiting governors there is a considerable amount of prior experience in public affairs. However, it is common for recruiting governors to have experience in statewide, elected offices. Universally, all governors being recruited need to have some sense of political ambition, which is the same among all that run. Sometimes these governors that are running may have aspirations to become presidents, especially if they are large state governors. Gubernatorial: relating to state governor or the office of state governors. These certain elections are going to always be partisan based rather than creating competition to attain the office or position.
