Chapter 10 Executing the Laws and Representing the People RECRUITMENT OF GOVERNORS PRIOR EXPERIENCE STATEWIDE OFFICE STATE LEGISLATURE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS PARTISAN CONTESTED INCUMBENT ADVANTAGE Population and Gubernatorial Campaign Costs 0 200 000 0 0 1 150 000 100 000 50 000 r o n r e v o G r o f s e t a d d n a C i l l A s e r u t i d n e p x E n g a p m a C i r 82 NY TX CA PA IL MA VA NJ NC GA LA WY HI RI AK VT ND MO IN NHNE SD WV DE AL SC MS CT OR KS NM MT TN KY CO IA UT OK NV MI OH WI AZ WA MD 10 000 000 0 0 FL 20 000 000 Population 30 000 000 40 000 000 GOVERNOR S CAREERS PRESIDENCY FEDERAL CABINET U S SENATE FEDERAL JUDGES GOV DUTIES ADMINISTRATOR 28 LEGISLATOR 17 PARTY 7 CEREMONIAL 14 NEGOTIATOR 14 PUBLIC OPINION 9 INSTITUTIONAL POWER APPOINTMENT TENURE MANAGERIAL FISCAL LEGISLATIVE Governors Institutional Power 2007 WA OR ID MT WY NV CA UT CO AZ NM AK HI ME VT NH MA CT RI NJ DE NY PA MD DC VA ND SD NE KS OK TX MN IA MO AR LA W I M I IN IL OH WV KY TN MS AL GA NC SC FL 15 to 19 19 to 21 21 to 23 Greater than 23 Governors Personal Power 2007 WA OR ID MT WY NV CA UT CO AZ NM AK HI ME NY VT NH MA CT RI NJ DE PA MD DC VA ND SD NE KS OK TX MN IA MO AR LA W I M I IN IL OH WV KY TN MS AL GA NC SC FL 2 0 to 3 5 3 5 to 4 0 4 0 to 4 5 4 5 to 6 0 Governor s Institutional and Personal Power r e w o P l a n o s r e P s r o n r e v o G 5 4 4 4 3 2 VT r 15 IN MS OH AR CT NE CO KS AZ IA NY AK WV KY HI DE OR TN IL UT MD PA ND NJ MA AL OK SD ID SC WY NC CA NH GA TX VA MT WI NM MI FL MN MO WA ME LA RI NV 15 18 22 Governor s Institutional Power 20 25 Gubernatorial Power and Policy Success Institutional Power Personal Power Total Power Success Positive Correlation Per capita income High school completion Bachelor s degree Forbes business climate CNBC business climate Forbes quality of life CNBC quality of life Success Negative Correlation Unemployment Murder rate Violent crime rate Property crime rate Poverty rate Percent w o health insurance Children w o health insurance 29 22 28 26 05 02 30 01 09 10 16 18 14 08 07 12 01 08 01 08 10 03 12 12 06 09 02 03 25 23 26 26 05 04 30 00 11 08 17 15 13 08 GUBERNATORIAL COMPENSATION INSTITUTIONAL POWER METROPOLITAN POPULATION LEGISLATIVE COMPENSATION Governors Institutional Power and Compensation n o i t a s n e p m o C s r o n r e v o G 250 000 200 000 100 000 50 000 r 06 CA VA TX GA 150 000 VT RI AL OK NV NC MS IN SD SC NH WY KY KS ID WI DE LA HI MOMN MT OR AZ PA TN IL IA NY NJ MD AK MA NM NE UT ND CO WV MI WA CT OH FL AR ME 15 18 22 Governor s Institutional Power 20 25 Metropolitan Population and Governors Compensation r 47 MI VA TN NY NJ PA WA IL OH TX CA MD NV FL CT MA DE HI RI VT IA KY AK MS SD WY ME OK WI MO GA NC LA MN AL NE KS ID NM NH SC UT IN AZ OR CO AR 100 000 MT ND WV 250 000 200 000 150 000 n o i t a s n e p m o C s r o n r e v o G 50 000 60 70 80 90 100 Metropolitan Population Legislative Compensation and Governors Compensation r 69 CA 250 000 200 000 150 000 n o i t a s n e p m o C s r o n r e v o G 50 000 NY PA MI IL VA NJ CT VT TX KY LA MD OK OH WA TN NV GA MO NC FL DE IA MN HI MA WI MS RI SD AK NH AL NM UT MT ND WY KS NE WV ID SC AZ IN OR CO 100 000 AR ME 0 50 000 100 000 150 000 200 000 Legislative Compensation TEXAS EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT GOVERNOR LT GOVERNOR COMPTROLLER LAND COMMISSIONER ATTORNEY GENERAL Figure 10 8 Population Employed by State and Local Governments r 50 HI AK DE ND WY VT NM AR OK KY WV MT UT RI NE SD l a c o L d n a l e t a t S y b d e y o p m E n o i t a u p o P l f o t n e c r e P s t n e m n r e v o G 0 50 0 40 0 30 0 20 0 10 LA MS AL MD WA NJ VA NC CT IA ME KS OR NH ID SC MN CO TN MO IN MA WI AZ NV MI GA PA OH IL 0 10 000 000 30 000 000 40 000 000 NY FL TX 20 000 000 Population CA The Executive and the Bureaucracy Bureaucracy is a type of organization associated with red tape specialization and hierarchy Because implementing the law is formally the responsibility of the executive branch the bureaucracy is nominally headed by the chief executive However the bureaucracy permeates all branches of government and its interests and powers crisscross the entire governmental structure Public administration refers not only to the activities necessary to carry out public policy but also to the various bodies and those who work in them that are responsible for these activities ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY RESPONSIBLE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS INDEPENDENT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS TEXAS ADMINISTRATION NUMBER ELECTED OFFICIALS BOARDS
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