Capstone: Does Political Candidate Training Work?

The First-of-it’s-Kind Qualitative Analysis on Non-Institutionalized Political Trainings

As my final Political Science research assignment, I revealed findings on the effectiveness of non-institutional political training for candidates. These trainings, popularized by President Obama's 2012 campaign, fill the knowledge gap for aspiring candidates and volunteers. However, there has not been quantitative research on their impact until now. Analyzing exclusive learner data from the National Democratic Training Committee(NDTC), I found a strong negative correlation between candidates who lost and that took courses overall (-1.30%). But there's more to the story. Taking a certain range of courses showed a positive correlation, suggesting candidates who engage in 4-8 non-institutional political trainings may enhance their chances of success. This groundbreaking research has significant implications for political training and candidate development.

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Posted on May 10th, 2023.

Donald Trumped Ethics

A Review of Federal Laws & Presidential Ethics

President Trump and his Executive Office of the President were groundbreaking in disregarding ethics laws, rules, and norms that were carefully crafted even after a dark moment in our democracy—the Watergate Scandal. In my report, Donald Trumped Ethics, I reviewed our current ethics laws, reviewed both Trump’s and Biden’s ethics violations, compared past administration's ethics laws, and ended with a discussion on how we can strengthen our ethics laws.

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Posted on November 23rd, 2021.

Fun Fact: the front cover has text from Present Biden's ethics pledge for federal employees.

The OKC Street Car

Transporting OKC to the Future

The OKC Streetcar is now an easy and accessible way to move around Downtown Oklahoma City and (at the last report) has brought in over $1.6 billion of public value and private investment and a net increase of 5,700 jobs around the track. However, the system has seen a dramatic decrease In ridership because of the events in the past year.

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Posted on March 9th, 2021.

Fun Fact: the page numbers in the document are model street cars.

Joe Biden & The Battle for the Soul of the Nation

A Candidacy Briefing to Win

I outline a three-point strategy for Biden to secure the 46th Presidency of the United States. Biden needed everything going in his favor against his biggest challenger yet (Trump). I focused on

1. Emphasizing Biden’s plans and policies in the media;
2. Highlighting Donald Trump’s failures to all Americans; and
3. To securing a victory with a Get Out The Vote (GOTV) strategy unseen by any other modern-day campaign.

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Posted on September 27th, 2020.

Fun Fact: Members of the Biden and Trump Campaign teams along with employees from the DNC & RNC read this paper.

Trump's Uphill Battle to 270

A Candidacy Briefing

This briefing covers the background of both the Trump Administration and his Campaign’s failure to garner the same support he had in 2016, and then a strategy to mobilize his shrinking voting base, convert Independent and weak Democratic voters, and encourage Biden voters not to turn out.

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Posted on October 30th, 2020.

Property Memo

6113 Hillcrest Dr, Oklahoma City, OK 73159

For my Urban Government and Politics course, I was charged with producing a memo covering the normal and special district government entities for a certain address in Oklahoma City Oklahoma.

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Posted on February 12th, 2021.

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