electioneering in society theme
Problems and controversies surrounding the various practices by which politicians sometimes go about campaigning for public office are featured. For example, what can we do about all the fake news that is generated and how do we keep the Russians from meddling?
13 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 8 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: All the King's Men (1949) | choice | The story concerns the aspiring politician Willie Stark as he goes from being a humble "hick" to becoming governor of his state. He was on the campaign trail countless times. His assorted methods, some legal some corrupt, were a central point of the story. |
| ds92x24 | major | election for world government leader was being held on Bajor |
| futurama7x03 | major | We saw how dirty tricks and appeal to the lowest common denominator, are used in electioneering. |
| movie: The Dead Zone (1983) | major | We saw the crooked politician Greg Stillson using every dirty trick in the book to get elected to the U.S. senate. |
| rh2012e2x04 | major | Kevin's storyline involved the efforts of the Real Humans' youth wing's activities to garner support for themselves. |
| columbo1971e3x03 | minor | Harry Stone was busy planning and plotting the electoral campaign of the wayward Senatorial candidate Nelson Hayward. |
| ftt1982e6x01 | minor | There was a lighthearted depiction of small town electioneering in America around the time of the revolution. |
| movie: Dark Metropolis (2010) | minor | Aiden was running for the office of Baron in the Ghen government. |
| movie: Hangar 18 (1980) | minor | Gordon Cain orchestrated the cover-up of the discovery a crashed flying saucer until such time as the US presidential election was over. He feared that news of the flying saucer getting out to the public would jeopardize the President's chances of being reelected. |
| movie: His Girl Friday (1940) | minor | There was talk about how an upcoming election might be manipulated. |