POLITICS AS (UN)USUAL.

The first ten pages are comprised of a psychological analysis that explores language and rhetoric of candidates during campaigns, sexism in campaigns, voter suppression and the influence social media in campaigns based on the events in this play. The premise of the play is as follows: Last year’s Student Government at Lakeside University was riddled with scandal and favoritism. Students from the university’s press prepare to chronicle the student government election that starts out as “politics as usual,” with the typical candidates (political science and law students) announcing their candidacy. But when one of student government’s very own announces his candidacy in a way that changes the landscape of the election, a political cynic takes to the stage, and the campaigns take an unexpected and unusual turn. The student body desires change in its student government and some decide an outsider may not be such a bad idea. As the battle between candidates for campus governor intensifies, the student body becomes deeply divided.