This determines who becomes President-elect. • How do the following factors relate to candidate selection and campaign strategy? o Candidate experience and background o Candidate home state o Raising and spending money o Time spend campaigning in various states Electoral College • What are the origins and rationale behind the Electoral College? o Citizens couldn’t read/ uneducated o Citizens didn’t have easy access to polling places • What percentage of the electoral vote does a presidential candidate need to be elected? 50% + 1 = 270 votes • What if no candidate has a majority?
Obama has been praised by the Democrat base for his opposition to the war from the beginning, although it has been pointed out that he was not actually in the Senate at the time the war was voted on. McCain supports the war and was among the first to promote the current successful surge strategy. In a national election, however, the question of whether or not we should have gone to war will be far less important than the question of what course of action should be taken now. Obama favors an immediate troop withdrawal, while McCain argues that troops should remain in Iraq until the country is able to stabilize politically and prevent itself from becoming a haven for terrorists like Afghanistan did after its war with the
He gave hope to the number of Americans without healthcare or who are struggling to find a job. The President stated that the United States is a country that is not afraid when times are hard and is willing to fight through the troubles for our children and grandchildren. He proposed many ideas that he thinks will help better the nation. As one of the key components of democracy, popular sovereignty, the people of this country want solutions to the problems and Obama has some ideas. Now it is in the hands of Obama and his administration to take it a step further and see if it is really the answer our country is looking
Brighton Fontenot Ms. Thompson ENGL 1010 – 38 6 October 2012 The Immigration Conflict In this essay I will explain the dispute over immigration between President Barrack Obama and his rivaling political candidate Mitt Romney. Barrack Obama, a member of the Democratic Party and the current President of the United States believes the immigration system is unfair and has made several statements promising to make it more efficient and just. Obama has said “As long as I’m President, I will not give up on immigration… because it’s the right thing to do, period.” To illustrate his obligation to this issue Obama has made a commitment to work alongside Congress in order to pass the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act is an act to reform immigration
Presidential Election of 2012 The Presidential election is a very important election that each of us should take seriously. In choosing a President for our country, we have to look at the candidates and decide which ones beliefs can help the county the most. This year, we have numerous candidates from the Republican Party and only one from the Democrat Party running for President of the United States. President elect Barack Obama, Democrat candidate, is gearing up for a second term; his major platforms are national healthcare, decreased unemployment rate and stimulating economy for the country. Presently, the national healthcare plan presented to Congress is one of great concern and after four years of debate is
A famous lawyer and a leader of the American Civil Liberties Union once said, “When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it.” Everyone when they were children had this dream of one day becoming the President of the United States. Romney had the same dream and he’s growing closer to the White House. The speech “RNC 2012: Mitt Romney speech to GOP convention” is Romney’s address to the Republicans about why he is running for president and why Obama isn’t the right president. Romney’s message is that Obama is leading the people down the wrong path with “Change” and “Forward” and that he is here to save them and lead them on the right path to that America where “We Believe in America” will change the world, he gets his message across by using logical appeal to have his audience think about the future, repetition to present to his audience the importance of that America, and emotional appeal to tell the audience that they deserve better.
I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change.” Obama is talking about how important change is to American’s and how George Bush did not accomplish that, and McCain supported Bush most of the time. He incorporates the voters by talking about how they have suffered through the last eight years and to make the next four better. If the voters want change to be apart of the fundamentals of the American nation at this point in time it will not be achieved by electing McCain. McCain really draws the voters in on this aspect of his speech. “In America, we change things that need to be changed.
The long standing debate on whether amending the constitution to allow Naturalized citizens to run for presidency has formed arguments for and against the issue; all arguments stand with valid points. But as a democracy as the United States is, the government must consider the equal treatment of all its citizens including those naturalized. Loyalty to this country does not fall in place according to the country a person was born but by the values they were raised in. Not everyone has a realistic prospective of running for president whatever their background may be; but excluding certain citizens from consideration merely based on nativity is unjust and self-destructive. Kennedy states in his article “It makes second-class citizens of naturalized
It is now the year 2008, and the presidential campaigns are off to a racing start. Hilary Clinton recently lost the democratic nomination, and it is now up to democratic senator Barack Obama or republican senator John McCain to lead the United States of America successfully. Every four years candidates are given the chance to prove they are worthy of the presidency by showing the nation what they truly believe. Two main issues that have been lingering over the United States are the war in Iraq and the economy. Each nominee holds both similar and different points when it comes to each of these topics, making the decision for the presidency a tough one.
Presidents use their appointees to cement their legacy, trying to choose individuals who share their ideology. I know that has become a dirty world in how the government uses to interpret the law, but right now, there is a very bright line separating conservative and progressive issues. One should nominate someone who believes in the same causes he or she does. Choosing a nominee who is not, already a judge has the advantage of giving less fodder to the opposition, because she has no opinions available for scrutiny. On the other hand, she could turn out to be something other than the president expected.