Imagine you are a candidate for president. your campaign manager tells you that social security reform is the “third rail of politics” and is considered an issue to be avoided. why would your campaign manager give you this advice?
your election platform is not focused on domestic issues.
reform measures do not poll well for new candidates.
the program is not popular with young voters, who are crucial to elections.
the program is popular with seniors, who vote more often than other groups.
there is no reason to discuss social security with the public.

The correct answer to this question is B) reform measures do not poll well for new candidates.

Your campaign manager would give you this advice because reform measures do not poll well for new candidates.

Imagine you are a candidate for president. Your campaign manager tells you that Social Security reform is the “third rail of politics” and is considered an issue to be avoided. Your campaign manager what kind of issues are good for your platform, for your public events, and interviews, and also knows what topics are not good because they can be controversial, and need to be avoided. So in this case, to reach more people, remember that reform measures do not poll well for new candidates.

- "the civil rights movements"

- "following the american civil war and abolition of slavery, the united states entered a period known as reconstruction, during which black americans continued to suffer from disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and economic oppression. beginning in the early 1950's, black americans launched a series of major campaigns of civil resistance, emphasizing the need for nonviolent protests and civil disobedience."

"such as the montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56, a campaign launched by rosa parks against the policy of racial segregation of the public transit system in alabama. “sit-ins” became popular across the american south, particularly in greensboro, north carolina, increase national sentiment."

- "the counterculture movement"

- "counterculture began to develop in the united states following the rise of conformity in american culture during the 1950s. by 1963, youth, particularly those of the white middle class, began rejecting the cultural standards and normality of their parents, opting for progressive attitudes instead. the movement gained momentum as the civil rights movement became increasingly successful and as the u.s. military intervention of vietnam began to take a negative turn."

"hippie counterculture moved further into popular culture following the summer of love in 1967 when thousands of people came together in the haight-ashbury neighborhood of san francisco. along with greenwich village in new york city, haight-ashbury became a hub for the counterculture movement."