Some people believe that in order to be effective, political leaders must yield to public opinion and abandon principle for the sake of compromise. Others believe that the most essential quality of an effective leader is the ability to remain consistently committed to particular principles and objectives.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
The government system is in place for the peace, order, and well-being of large populations of people. For the specificity of this essay, we will assume we are referring to democratic governments. Given that each member of the society is not able to voice their opinion on every decision, political leaders (PL) must to do so. PL are singularly in office to represent the will of their constituents. As such, they can and must adjust their standpoints to the changing views of the citizens. However, their role should be conducted in accordance with the complexities of the system in which they operate - including political parties and budget constraints.
When a politician is elected to office, he or she is selected based on views and intentions expressed during the election campaign and also the political party to which he or she is a member. Political parties exist to solidify approaches to a specific issue or group of issues. As not every citizen is educated on the standpoints of every government official, parties assist voters to understand generally which set of views that politicians may align themselves with. Campaign debates also highlight a politician’s approach to issues that may be contentious at the time. Lastly, the character of the politician or other more subtle characteristics of the PL may come into play in their appointment.
Given these factors in how a PL is given his or her office, when an event occurs in society that may impact the priorities or opinions of the voter base, a PL has the responsibility to realign themselves with this shift. For example, a county constituency may generally be in support of freedoms for gun-owners. However, if a mass-shooting occurs in that district which impacts public sentiment towards greater gun control, a PL should be sensitive to this change. Such a realignment is important to making the residents of that area feel safe in their environment. Other germane occurrences may include natural disaster or immigration pressures.
A PL may appear to waver from the social contract between he and the voters when compromises are made to keep the PL in office, or when the PL determines that his or her personal principles prevent the support of popular opinion. The former action is generally short-sighted and not appropriate cause to misrepresent the wishes of the people. Such impetus may be due to pressure from lobbyist groups which can impact campaign funding and thus the possibility of a PL’s reelection. A rare expectation which gives cause to challenge public opinion would be when legislative compromise is necessary to move past administrative or legislative deadlock. Such an event occurred recently in the US when the Democratic and Republican parties became so polarized that no bill could be passed through Senate or House. A PL may also have the responsibility to act against popular opinion if he or she was elected to office largely based on character. In such a case, a PL may choose to abandon certain promises made during the campaign when it conflicts with fundamental principles.
Citizens trust PLs to represent them in the democratic system. If PLs break this social contract, the system is broken. Thus, PLs have the responsibility to generally vote with the party to which they belong, and to adjust their stances when the sentiment of constituents has changed.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 314, Rule ID: MUST_HAVE_TO[1]
Message: After 'must', the verb is used without 'to'. Probably, you should use 'must' or 'have to' here.
Suggestion: must; have to
...on every decision, political leaders PL must to do so. PL are singularly in office to ...
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Line 13, column 52, Rule ID: BETWEEN_PRP[1]
Message: Incorrect form of the pronoun 'he'. Use: 'between him'.
Suggestion: between him
...ppear to waver from the social contract between he and the voters when compromises are mad...
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Line 13, column 528, Rule ID: ALLOW_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'challenging'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'cause' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: challenging
.... A rare expectation which gives cause to challenge public opinion would be when legislativ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, if, lastly, may, so, thus, well, for example
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 20.0 12.4196629213 161% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 23.0 11.3162921348 203% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 41.0 33.0505617978 124% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 79.0 58.6224719101 135% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2843.0 2235.4752809 127% => OK
No of words: 555.0 442.535393258 125% => OK
Chars per words: 5.12252252252 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.85370353223 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.05404580799 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 267.0 215.323595506 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.481081081081 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 883.8 704.065955056 126% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 11.0 4.99550561798 220% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.1436527205 60.3974514979 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.346153846 118.986275619 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3461538462 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.26923076923 5.21951772744 43% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.104440238955 0.243740707755 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0307811057456 0.0831039109588 37% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0301090939209 0.0758088955206 40% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.058711436097 0.150359130593 39% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0405842771323 0.0667264976115 61% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 14.1392134831 95% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.42 12.1639044944 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.12 8.38706741573 109% => OK
difficult_words: 156.0 100.480337079 155% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.