Dear Mr/Mrs. President,

Congratulations on your win! Now that you're in office I believe that your goal is to make America the best that it can be. That is why I am writing you this letter, to let you know one of my concerns that I believe should be addressed during your term in office. Once in office the president spends a lot of time getting situated and understanding how things work. By the time they begin doing what they want their term is almost over and they have to prepare for a reelection campaign. However, I believe that there is a solution to that, I think there should be a 6 year instead of 4 year term so that you can maximize your potential during your presidency, but you would only be allowed to run once for office.

A reelection campaign takes up two years of the president's term and distracts him or her from the nations issues. To counter this if the president had a 6 year term and was not allowed to run again that would be the equivalent of two 4 year terms due to spending two years in your first term preparing for reelection. I believe that with the absence of worrying about a reelection it could inspire future leaders to be stronger and more willing to make the tougher, unpopular decisions that could benefit our country in the long run. President Obama in 2013 said multiple times “I’m not running for office again. I just believe it is the right thing to do.” An author by the name of Myra Adams wrote that she believes there is an underlying message in what President Obama stated about ending his years of political service. She believes that message is: “Since I do not have to run for reelection, I can speak, govern, and act in the best interests of our nation without political retribution.”(thedailybeast.com). I completely agree with her interpretation of the underlying message President Obama was possibly trying to convey.

However, the president would not be immune from the election cycle due to the fact that his or her term would consist of two midterm elections. Therefore the president would still govern with many political restraints because their name would appear on the ballot twice. The voters would still have the same power as today to either keep or give the president's party total, split or no control over the house and senate. Now you may be wondering what the midterm elections would do, they would be seen as a check against or sign of approval for the president. I think that would help to make sure the people felt as though the president was doing a fair job without having him or her have to prepare for reelection and be distracted from the nations issues.

To support my reason to implement a 6 year term instead of a 4 year is that there is a 68.7% chance of the current president winning reelection based on information gathered by authors on thedailybeast.com. They backed up their information by saying out of the last 57 presidential elections, 32 of the presidents ran for reelection and 22 of them won that reelection. So if there is such a high chance of the president winning again why not have a longer term so they can be more productive and effective during their term? Furthermore second terms have been historically more difficult for presidents and the nation. According to a statement by thedailybeast.com “Each of the last four two-term presidents, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon all had extremely tough second terms. Each had different circumstances which led to difficult times, but the outcomes were very similar: Falling approval rates and increased ineffectiveness in office.” Now what if there was no second term but instead one longer one? Could that possibly get rid of the curse, only you can find out as the new president by trying to implement this idea into reality and I believe you are capable of doing so and more.

Sincerely,

Kyle Pourmaleki