Question to be answered by Randy L, Sarah L, Carsten P, DeQuawn S, Matt S, Courtney T, and Erica W. Describe the roles and responsibilities that a governor has and how they can be used to increase a governor’s powers if used effectively.
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The governor has many different roles and responsibilities. A new governor’s first role is to organize his administration. He has to administer the executive branch and establish his executive priorities. The governor must appoint qualified people to various positions because the success of the administration is depends on the success of these people. The governor must also make his inaugural address, state-of-the-state address, and make the budget request. The governor also has to supervise bills that are being pushed through the state. The governor has seven emergency powers that he can use in times of crisis in the state which include ordering evacuations and calling out the National Guard. One of the governor’s most important roles is as the state’s spokesperson and political leader.
-Sarah Luckey
A governor like any other official has roles and responsibilities that come along with his job. His role and responsibility are derived from the state constitution and state statutes, as well as tradition and practice. The governor is responsible for handling crisis situations, public interrelations, and political party leadership. Since the governor is the highest official in the state it is also his job to handle the state-federal relations. It is also a role of the governor to deliver his annual address of the state-of-the-state address, the governor must also issue his inaugural address and make annual budget requests. Perhaps, the most crucial part of a governor’s job is the legislative agenda. The governor is to develop an agenda, as well as keep an eye on any type of legislation that could prove harmful to the administration. A governor who can handle the public eye well and handle crisis situations well can always gain more power by gaining more support from the citizens of the state. He may also use his policy agenda to gain more power by pushing through what he believes is more important.
Matt Spivey
We see that the governor has many roles when it comes to his job. As part of his job come many responsibilities such as crisis situations for the state, handling the public opinion and gain a relationship with the public along with dealing with political leaders’ relationship. That goes from the state to a federal level also. We as the people also would like to know what the governor wants to do. So as part of his role we hear an annual state-of-the-state address. This is nothing more then a wish list to me of what the governor would like to do in the up coming year. Also another responsibility that is important is making a legislative agenda. The governor would be one that would over look to see what all the legislation is doing to make sure that we as a state is moving forward and not backwards. Example of this is vetoing bills that he doesn’t see fit for us and so on. As far as his power goes it all depends on how it handles certain situation can effects his political gain and the support from his citizens.
Randy Lucas
The Governor is the Chief Executive of the state. Governors face a lot of hardship, some roles are merely ceremonial and some have true power. Our office of Governor has gained more power in the recent years under the governorship of governors Riley and Campbell. The governor has a lot of responsibility with the state’s budget, but isn’t typically solely responsible for the budget. As previously mentioned, the legislative agenda is a key responsibility of the governor. He or she must push this agenda to propose key legislation for the state. A governor most be wise in the power he or she has, the legislators are key to passing legislation.
DeQuawn Smith
All of you had part of the answer, but none had all of it. If we consider the six areas the text covers (1. leading the administrative state through appointments, 2. developing a legislative agenda and then effectively promoting it by working with legislators, 3. managing crises like hurricanes, 4. leading and molding public opinion, 5. being an effective political leader by making other elected officials feeling indebted to the governor, and 6. being the state’s spokesperson to the federal government and getting help from the feds when needed), we are really talking about the mixing of formal and informal powers. Many of these roles involve formal responsibilities (like the state of the state address or making the budget or leading the party). But how well the governor does all these things rest largely on the informal power of persuasion, for example persuading legislators that their self-interest is in helping pass things the governor wants. That is really what persuasion is, the ability to convince others that their own self-interest is in doing what you want done! Remember that – it is a very useful rule to being successful in life as well as in politics!
The roles of the governor consists of: 1.) Organizing and leading the administrative state.(establishing his executive priorities, and administering the executive branch)2.) Developing a legislative agenda. (things to do while in office.) 3.) Managing crises.(managing disasters and catastrophes in order to maintain peace.) 4.) Coalescing Public opinion. (Being a spokesperson for the state.) 5.) Political leader. (Being chief of his political party)6.) Intergovernmental Relations. (represent the state's needs to the president and congress to assure federal funding). A governor's powers can be incresed if he is a good representative, personable, and persuasive. Governor Sanford has been re-elected, so he is a good example of this.
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