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POLITICAL STRATEGY PAPER ASSIGNMENT AND ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
Description: Building upon the problem identification paper and subsequent weekly memos, this 3-5 page paper will detail potential allies (and adversaries) within government, existing public support for your position, and strategies to persuade policymakers, including a timeline for policy change.Political Strategy Papers are worth fifteen percent of your grade, equivalent to fifteen points.
The criteria we will use to assess your papers follows:
- Building on your problem identification paper, what policy change strategy will you pursue (Is it pushing for a new law or regulation or enforcing existing ones?)
- Who are your specific targets within government? Are you pursuing a federal, state, or local strategy? And is your advocacy focused on lawmakers, executive agencies, and/ or the courts?
- Where does your issue position on the problem you identified lie on the political spectrum, and what messaging you will use to persuade your political opponents?
- What is public opinion with respect to your issue position? How can you use it to your advantage?
- What is your timeline for policy change? Pay particular attention to annual calendars and also current political dynamics (i.e., the partisan composition of targeted government bodies)
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