Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position
Over the past several decades, leaders and regimes have adopted their own style of ruling and governing over their respective societies. Whether it involves incorporating ideas from the public or not, the accomplishments that results can vary. This prompt asserts that a leader who is subjected to popular opinion will not be able to accomplish big accolades during their time in office. However, I mostly disagree with the prompt for two reasons, but I do concede that a leader who is easily swayed by public opinion can make cursory decisions which can lead to little accomplishments.
Firstly, a leader who is influenced by shifts in popular opinion will not accomplish little because by listening to the voices of the popular opinion, it can lead to a more organized and cohesive society which can prove to have beneficial effects. For example, before the presidency of Barack Obama, same-sex marriage was not legalized in the United States. This lead to a society that looked down on the LGBTQ community and creating a new cast of minorities and outcasts. When President Barack Obama swore into office, one of his greatest accomplishments included legalizing same-sex marriage. Looking at the aftermath, it has proven to be beneficial by allowing a minority fraction to let their voices be heard. In addition, after the horrific event of the Parkland shooting and Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, society shifted from support of current gun laws to promoting a change in the gun laws. Governors all over the United States listened to popular opinion at the time and decided to implement a change in gun laws that included stricter background checks and more security on various campuses. Due to these new laws, the number of school shootings has decreased. These examples outlines above showed how when leaders listened to the popular opinion that shifted due to the current events, it leads to great accolades that proved to not serve as a complication to society but lead to a more cohesive and inclusive society.
Secondly, a leader who is quickly influenced will not accomplish little but instead accomplish great things because by promising to cater to the demands of the public it can lead to an increase in supporters which can help promote acceptance into the leadership position and lead to greater accomplishments. For example, President Donald Trump listened to the worries and concerns of the popular opinion by making promises that may seem radical to some people but managed to cause a shift in the belief of the people. By changing his campaign to adopt the concerns of the population, he managed to overturn states that were majority voting democratic to become red states which voted primarily republican for that election. In addition, Hitler during his campaign played upon the fears and concerns that Germany had at the time due o the aftermath of World War I and used that to his advantage to gain power. With the use of propaganda and fear, Hitler was able to accomplish all of the goals he set out for himself such as invading Poland, starting World War II, and precipitating a mass genocide. Although these goals were looked down upon by nations all over the globe, they were nonetheless huge accomplishments that are written in the history books today. The mass popular is a huge factor that decided whether the regime or leader gains power. The more reliance the society has on the leader, the more powerful they become. As seen in the two examples above, a powerful leader is only powerful by listening to the voice of popular opinion and can thus accomplish a lot.
However, I do concede that a leader who is easily influenced and acts subjectively due to the voices of the people can accomplish little and may even have disastrous effects. For example, COVID-19 that has swept many nations has caused lockdowns and placed societies on quarantine. After months of this, the public voiced their opinion of reopening and resuming life to normal. Governors in states such as Arizona and Flordia listening to public opinion and opened their states to early which caused a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. This is an example of how when a leader does listen to popular opinion, it can have bad effects on society due to the lack of understanding and knowledge the mass population may possess.
To conclude, while I do agree that leaders can accomplish a lot while listening to public opinion, it is also evident in history and contemporary society that detrimental effects can arise. More research and observations are needed in order to achieve a decisive answer.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 977, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...and fear, Hitler was able to accomplish all of the goals he set out for himself such as in...
^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, however, if, look, may, nonetheless, second, secondly, so, thus, while, for example, in addition, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.4196629213 145% => OK
Conjunction : 31.0 14.8657303371 209% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 31.0 11.3162921348 274% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 52.0 33.0505617978 157% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 118.0 58.6224719101 201% => Less preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3833.0 2235.4752809 171% => OK
No of words: 768.0 442.535393258 174% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.99088541667 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.26429605181 4.55969084622 115% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73011541983 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 335.0 215.323595506 156% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.436197916667 0.4932671777 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1229.4 704.065955056 175% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 29.0 20.2370786517 143% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.4716390792 60.3974514979 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.172413793 118.986275619 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.4827586207 23.4991977007 113% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.55172413793 5.21951772744 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 22.0 10.2758426966 214% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.209397020599 0.243740707755 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0560826433766 0.0831039109588 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.058049917163 0.0758088955206 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.126742343472 0.150359130593 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0397916019887 0.0667264976115 60% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.1392134831 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.96 12.1639044944 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.73 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 185.0 100.480337079 184% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 977, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...and fear, Hitler was able to accomplish all of the goals he set out for himself such as in...
^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, however, if, look, may, nonetheless, second, secondly, so, thus, while, for example, in addition, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.4196629213 145% => OK
Conjunction : 31.0 14.8657303371 209% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 31.0 11.3162921348 274% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 52.0 33.0505617978 157% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 118.0 58.6224719101 201% => Less preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3833.0 2235.4752809 171% => OK
No of words: 768.0 442.535393258 174% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.99088541667 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.26429605181 4.55969084622 115% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73011541983 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 335.0 215.323595506 156% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.436197916667 0.4932671777 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1229.4 704.065955056 175% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 29.0 20.2370786517 143% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.4716390792 60.3974514979 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.172413793 118.986275619 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.4827586207 23.4991977007 113% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.55172413793 5.21951772744 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 22.0 10.2758426966 214% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.209397020599 0.243740707755 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0560826433766 0.0831039109588 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.058049917163 0.0758088955206 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.126742343472 0.150359130593 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0397916019887 0.0667264976115 60% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.1392134831 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.96 12.1639044944 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.73 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 185.0 100.480337079 184% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.