However, Obama received more financial support than Romney did from all of the sectors. Romney received the most support from the Ideological/ Single-issue sector. This was a little surprising, considering that the most controversial single-issues between the two candidates were things like legalizing abortion and gay marriage, in which Obama supported and Romney didn’t. For questions 6-9, please select a member of the House of Representatives or Senate to study his or her campaign finance record. NANCY PELOSI 6.
When evaluating the arguments raised on both sides it I believe that the Electoral College should be replaced by a national popular vote. An argument that exposes the weakness of the Electoral College and why it should be replaced by a national popular vote is because the ‘winner takes all’ system distorts the results of the elections. There have been various results in which the popular vote did not reflect the results of the Presidential election. A notorious example of how distorted results can be under the Electoral College is that of Bush and Al Gore in 2000. Though Al Gore won the popular vote by 48.4% Bush won the votes of the Electoral College which resulted in him winning the Presidential election.
Winnable Candidate: Obama Barrack Hussein Obama is likely to be the winnable candidate for US General Election 2012. With less than two weeks to go, we can see that there are massive ideological differences between the candidates. What is on the headline is the future of health care, a woman’s right to choose, tax fairness, the social safety net, who gets credit for the economic recovery that seems to be around the corner, whether or not we go to war with Iran and the makeup of the Supreme Court for the next generation. From my personal view, Obama will win the election due to the fact that Obama has declared his position on many political issues through his public comments and legislative record. Based on Polltracker Poll, American views the Barack Obama will work better than the Republican presidential candidate Romney in addressing terrorism and national security.
Can he achieve all of the promises made to the people? Many advisers of the White House have hope, comparing Obama to Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, because both of the presidents had even lower ratings but ended up coming back strong and tactful. Obama is mainly focused on the debts and the deficits of, by attracting private investment. If by 2012 President Obama does not step up the game, many of his voters will disappear. When the people were asked if they would rather have “new government investments" or "cutting taxes for business" as the better approach to jump-start job creation, 38% were in favor of the tax cuts and one-third of them being Obama’s voters.
A merit of this process lay in the fact that whilst turnout is low, those who are committed to the result of the election do turn out. Hence, caucuses tend to favour more ideological candidates compared to voters in the alternative primary system. In 2008, Republican candidate Ron Paul who is on the libertarian wing of his party had some of his strongest showings in caucus states. For example, he won 21% in the North Dakota caucuses and 19% in Maine caucuses. This exemplifies their significance as it means that a candidate elected in a caucus state is essentially in line with the true ideology of the party and some of the party's most committed participants- who, pivotally invest a lot of time and money which is vital.
My Grandfather, a die hard Democratic, believes that Bill Clinton was the best president we have ever had, but he thought maybe Mr. Clinton came out a little arrogant. Again, I was curious as to what he could be talking about. So I read an article in the New York Times, Campaign Collapse, When Destiny Failed, Peter Baker and Jim Rutenberg describe a situation where President Clinton was found yelling at campaign personnel. In this situation Senator Clinton had just lost the primary in North Carolina and they were waiting for results of the Indiana Primary, when a vote counting delay threatened her opportunity to give a primetime victory speech. President Clinton was yelling
A party identification (PID) or long-term attachment that summarizes a person’s outlook and attitude on the merits of a political party is the most influential factor in the voting polls but not to me. Because I have seen and experienced different governments around the world, I have grown to believe in more than a party. I know I am not the only one. Each year more and more Americans are going through the process of dealingnment which means they are losing their identity with a political party. Even then, there are still a percentage of Americans that are strong partisans who feel their party affiliation is on top of everything.
The organization also publishes a monthly magazine known as the "Multinational Monitor." In 2001, Ralph Nader started up another non-profit organization known as Democracy Rising. This organization was dedicated to ending the War in Iraq, and bringing the troops back to America. The political opinions that Ralph Nader is so well known for would make him one of the highest rated presidents that America has ever seen. In his 2000 bid for the presidency Ralph Nader campaigned against the corporate powers dominance in the political landscape as well as the need for change in the manner of how presidential races are held.
Obama was elected, people were saying that we are going to hell in a hand basket and people are still complaining and bitching about having a black President. So far he has had some pretty good ideas, and addressed some major points in his Inaugaral Address that America is facing today. Pres. Obama has the ability and strength to carry on this nation to restore the damage that has been done in the past eight years. So far he has proven that he can over come all of the negativity that has been spilled around him because of his skin color.
There is a lot to blame on the past administration, for how bad the economy became. But the top priority of the people is to elect a candidate that will move the economy forward. With the election closing in, each candidate had their chance to make there statement in the debates. The President states that the recovery takes time, and there is still a lot of work to be done. While Governor Romney says, with his experience he knows what it takes.