Rand's Political Language

Education is a major issue for Senator Paul and he understands that America is working on improving our education system. But at what cost? Brownback thinks cutting funds is the answer for a stronger education, but Rand thinks the opposite (thank God). On his website, he makes it very clear what is his stance is on education. 

Rand believes the federal government is too "overreaching" and controlling when it comes to education. Instead, he is focusing on bringing education to a more state/local level, letting parents and teachers focus on what their community needs as opposed to the federal government telling each state what they need to do to improve on education. 

Rand is trying to focus on our nation's youth to reach out to new voters- after all, the youths are the ones that will be in charge of our country and if they lack proper education, then our country will be in worse shape than it is now. Rand states, "education is the greatest gift a parent can give their child." With that being said, he is reaching out to not only wealthy voters than can afford quality education for their children, but as well as connecting with less fortunate voters whom wish their children can still have quality with the governments help. By enlisting more power at the state level, he is ensuring if he is elected that every child will have the opportunity to obtain a quality education in this vapid environment. His use of "I" instead of "we" insists that HE is the one going to make the changes that "we" couldn't pull through

If you missed the hyperlink, here is the source

http://www.paul.senate.gov/?p=issue&id=9

Ryne Laster Blog #3

Rand Paul uses all forms of social media- Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and even SnapChat to connect with his voters, friends, followers, groupies, haters, or whatever you would like to call this herd. Fortunately, his SnapChat is rather entertaining as I began following him a few days ago. I have pasted the URL's to each of his accounts below for anyone that desires following this potential candidate. All of these accounts are verified by the social media companies, signifying that it is indeed Rand. On the other hand, there are always funny fake accounts that people make up, Rand having a few of his own.

• @senatorrandpaul(Instagram)
• @senatorrandpaul(Snapchat)
• @senrandpaul(Twitter)

Oddly enough, he does not have nearly as many followers as I expected, especially on Instagram- Not even 8 thousand! Thankfully his picture with he and his family outside of Rupp Arena, where University of Kentucky plays basketball, sufficiently lacked in the "like" category. Needless to say his presence on instagram is not as vital as on Facebook and Twitter due to the amount of traffic those two outlets see. 

Rand's Facebook account is his strongest social media outlet, followed by Twitter, then Instagram and SnapChat back with the caboose. This shouldn't be a surprise for any candidate, and his posts usually consist of how he disagrees with President Obama, or a picture of himself with a quote he said about labor or immigration laws. His pictures incorporate his passion for American Politics and Americana in general. Which is always nice to see. They certainly encompass a personal and involvement side, but as a perspective as a potential voter, his social media needs to "connect with the people" more. That should be Rand's media team priority for 2016 instead of bashing what can't be immediately fixed with Union dues and immigration reform. However around christmas time Rand made E-cards for all his supporters in each of the fifty states- which was a nice gesture, of course. 

In my opinion the best way for Rand to reach out to new followers would be to link all of his accounts together, and advertise his whereabouts multiple times in advance, and as time gets nearer to reiterate where he will be, along with live-tweeting certain events he is participating in.