I want to become a Politician what are the steps to do so?

Question

I am a sophomore in high school i have always had good grades although my freshman year was a little sketchy. I am wondering what colleges should aspire for (california) what degrees should I work towards.

Answer 1

Actually you don't need any degree to become a politician, you just need to get elected.  Al Gore became the Vice President with nothing more than a bachelor's degree in government.  Ronald Reagan was an actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger is a body builder turned actor turned politician.

A law degree is very common, particularly in the U.S. Senate.  Pursue an undergraduate degree in political science, government, or even economics and then go to law school.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Number 1  loose all your principals (if you don't have any your way ahead

[2]  NEVER answerer a question if you have to respond  don't ever answerer yes or no.   If all else fails blame someone else or say "I have no memory of that "

[3] Get your photo in the newspaper as often as possible that gives your voters the allusion that you may be doing something

[4] Don't ever stop telling your voters what a good job your doing even if your not

[5]  loose any principals that may linger remember your a politician and worthy of no soul

[6] Lastly and most importantly lie cheat, steal and backstab, your going to h**l anyway you may as well make the most of it    

Answer 3

hmmmm...there are many things you can study that will be helpful, especially law, history, economics, sociology, ethics, forensics, and religion. And I live in California, too.

I am an amateur historian and own a small library of Presidential biographies. I have learned a lot about politics by reading them.

Perhaps the best information you can get is from the most awesome presidential biographer ever, the award-winning John Caro, whose four-part series on Lyndon Johnson details his journey through state politics to Washington. these are big books, and the fourth is not yet available, but if you can muddle through them, you will learn a whole lot, not just about politics, either.

To be a successful politician, you must do several things.

One: Answer your mail, correspond.

Two: Get involved. Volunteer to work for a political campaign, distribute flyers, whatever.

Three: Be involved in your community. Volunteer to work at an animal shelter, a soup kitchen, a nursing home, etc.

Four: Read a lot. If you actually do finish the John Caro biographies on Lyndon Johnson, e-me and I will assign you some further reading.

Five: Keep your mouth shut. You are 15 years old and no one cares what you think. I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but you need to ask questions, not say anything stupid that will come back to haunt you, and you learn more by asking questions than you learn from expressing opinions.

Six: Find a mentor. Go to a few city council meetings. Perhaps you can join your school newspaper and this will give you an opportunity to interview people. Be respectful and listen. Someone there will connect with you.

Seven: Treat everyone well, especially people who you don't need.

Eight: Join a church. Very few people make it in politics without being in a mainstream church.

Nine: Try to understand the views and motivations of people with whom you do not agree.

Ten: Stay out of trouble whenever possible.

Eleven. Answer your mail, correspond. This bears repeating. Learn to write well, to read, to understand. Have a diverse group of friends, male, female, all races and ethnicities. Listen to them.

Twelve: Try to stay in the center of whatever group you are involved with. Whether Republican or Democrat or whatever else, stay in the center.

And most importantly...

Learn how to say "I don't know."

Good luck, and e-me if you like.