A successful political career differs from mere political activity in much the same way as the position of a bank manager differs from an operational employee. For community work to be more fruitful, you need to take your career in the political arena seriously.
Education
For a professional political career, the level of education is critically important. In the minds of society, a politician should not only be well aware of all aspects of the life of the state, region or municipality, but also academically educated.
Most often, successful politicians have a law or economics degree. Any politician will benefit from an understanding of the basics of management, business, property management, international relations, and sociology.
The availability of academic degrees always characterizes any politician well. This makes it clear that a person finds a balance between practice and scientific approach.
The start of a political career: social movements
A political career often begins with social activities. Active participation in civic initiatives allows you to understand the basics of promoting ideas and achieving goals. At the same time, this is a good school for practicing the skill of interacting with like-minded people and the general public.
Social activities often bring people together on the basis of a common interest, pushing them to a team discussion of ways to achieve goals. Such "brainstorming sessions" can be useful in the future, when, being already in the political arena, it will be necessary to occupy a certain niche in one's work. For example, deputies of different levels, in addition to their work on interaction and assistance to voters from constituencies, take part in specialized committees - on construction, budget, social issues, etc. The principle of dividing deputies into committees allows you to determine which parliamentarians have more experience in specific spheres of life. For example, in the State Duma, each deputy can enter only one committee. This is done in order to maximize the concentration of the potential of parliamentarians in a specific area of activity.
The start of a political career: party work
The traditional start is party work. The importance of correctly identifying the party to join should not be underestimated. The transition from one party to another is not prohibited, but in the hands of opponents such a touch of biography as a change in party "color" can ultimately play a cruel joke.
Therefore, you should not rush to decide which party to join. Each of the regional branches should be studied: read the charter, the program platform of the candidates, the orders of the voters to the elected representatives of the party. A lot of valuable information can be gleaned from interviews with the heads of regional offices, as well as top officials of federal-level parties.
All this makes it possible to understand how effective the work on each specific political platform will be.
Communication with the press and voters
A politician is a public profession. A good politician can and knows how to properly interact with the public. First, you need to get a general idea of the standard of living of residents of a particular municipality, as well as the region in which it is located. The focus is on the main problems (roads, transport, social security), social attitudes (the existence of an active civic cell or a passive society). On the basis of this, you should form your own block of proposals for discussion with colleagues in the social movement or party.
If the program is supported, its media support will be required, which in the absence of a specialist, you can do yourself - invite journalists to a press conference, give interviews to individual publications, appear on television, or simply send out a detailed press release. A high degree of mention in the press will benefit both the party and the person in particular.
