Despite the reservations of many this proved to be a masterstroke; Johnson was older and experienced with 24 years in the senate. He was a protestant from the southern state of Texas whilst Kennedy was a young catholic from the New England state of Massachusetts with only 13 years combined experience in the House of Representatives and the senate. With Johnson on the ticket, many southerners were won over to the ticket and thus Kennedy went on to win the 1960 election. Recently in the 2008 elections John McCain nominated Sarah Palin to be his Vice President. This seemed to be an excellent choice at first, McCain being an older man from the South-western state of Arizona with moderate views did not appeal to all republican votes however when balanced with Palin, a younger female from Alaska with very
Obama had three key factors on his side. Firstly he managed to change the voting demographic for early primaries. Early primaries and caucuses such as Iowa and New Hampshire tend to favour establishment candidates, with the voters tending to be older and white. Through his use of the internet and other modern mediums, Obama was able to energise a grassroots swell of young support and was able to record as many voters under the age of 25 (as a percentage of the age group) as over 65, something unprecedented in American politics. Different observers have clashed over how this was achieved.
English 12 September 10, 2013 Reagan in the 80’s – Did he help or hurt America? In 1980, troubled by an unstable economy, a hostage crisis overseas, and the end of prior administrations that were not trusted, America elected Ronald Reagan by a landslide margin of victory over Jimmy Carter. At sixty-nine years old, he was the oldest President to be elected. He was born in a small town in Illinois and served two terms as California governor starting in 1966. Reagan's track record proved to be very strong and included welfare cuts, decreasing the number of state employees, and halting radical student protesters.
Ryan Murphy Political Science 11/3/10 Political Analysis of John Hall John Hall, elected in the general election of 2006 over Sue Kelly with a 2.4% margin of victory appears to be a suitable fit for the 19th district of New York in terms of the population demographic and bringing noticeable change to his district. This may come as a surprise to some as he is a Democrat serving in a traditionally Republican seat. New York’s 19th district is composed of Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties. This area has a wide demographic of people with 78.7% urban and the other 21.3% as rural. Furthermore 78.7% are white, 5.8% are black, 10.7% Hispanic, and 3.1% Asian which make up majority of ethnicity in the district.
Barack Obama became the United States of America’s first African American president in 2009. He delivered his acceptance speech for the Democratic Party’s ticket in August of 2008 in Colorado after a close primary campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton. His audience of 80,000 was Democratic supporters looking forward to his vision of hope and change for the United States, which had seen a severe downturn in the economy along with the never-ending war in the Middle East. His rhetorical intention was to inspire and lead the audience toward a new America that was based on the Democratic ideology of supporting the majority of the population not just the wealthiest people and corporations’ best interests. Barack Obama included his background as a young boy of middle class parents and eventually a single mother.
The policy was first endorsed after former president Bill Clinton had unsuccessfully tried to overturn a current ban on gay military members. The justification for the ban of gay service members were “that the known presence of gay men and lesbians would undermine morale and unit cohesion”, according to the New York Times article and was continually supported by President Bush during both his presidential terms. However, supporters of the law are now facing immense opposition in contrast to 18 years prior, when the law was first passed. In fact, in 2006 a poll conducted by Zogby International of 545 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans concluded that about three quarters were comfortable around gay service members; a big contrast prior years. Opponents of the law argue that to
Voter Generation Gap: No More In past elections, the youngest generation of voters has been the lowest in voter turnout, however, the popularity increase in late night comedy news programming is said to have influenced young voters to participate in the most recent election. These programs have greatly affected the popularity of the candidates and may have even affected the outcome of the most recent presidential election. By placing politics in a humorous perspective, late night comedy shows such as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report better market their message of the importance of political involvement among young voters. Jody Baumgartner writes in her essay “One Nation Under Stephen? The Effects of The Colbert Report on American Youth”, “As political humor becomes more prevalent, researchers have started to investigate how it may influence various aspects of the political process in America.
Bush had a significant impact on the political leanings of Hispanics and Latinos. As a former Governor of Texas, Bush regarded this growing community as a potential source of growth for the conservative movement and the Republican Party, and he made some gains for the Republicans among the group. In the 1996 presidential election, 72% of Hispanics and Latinos backed President Bill Clinton, but in 2000 the Democratic total fell to 62%, and went down again in 2004, with Democrat John Kerry winning Hispanics 58–40 against Bush. Hispanics in the West, especially in California, were much stronger for the Democratic Party than in Texas and Florida. California Latinos voted 63–32 for Kerry in 2004, and both Arizona and New Mexico Latinos by a smaller 56–43 margin; but Texas Latinos were split nearly evenly, favoring Kerry 50–49, and Florida Latinos (mostly being Cuban American) backed Bush, by a 54–45
As of late, the marijuana debate has shifted in favor of legalization. Why has public opinion swayed so much in recent years? The success of the medicinal marijuana market, the heavy support for legalization by the younger generations, and the passing of the more conservative generations can contribute to some significant changes. However, sustained public opinion is very difficult to predict. Recent polls taken by the Pew Research Center and General Social Surveys show that the main reason for support of marijuana is that the American public fails to see marijuana has a major moral issue (Galston, Dionne 1).
Francisco Ibarra Govt II December 1, 2009 Americans and Elections As we know, presidential elections tend to have a certain amount of attraction even if you don’t really care for politics. The media always tries to put their own spin on it so it makes it look more enticing for people to see it and in turn they get ratings. The 2000 election was one of the closest elections seen, where George W. Bush beat Al Gore by a margin of less than one percent in the electoral votes. Many people believe that it was a mistake, Al Gore should have won. Four years down the road, its time to elect another president or re-elect the current one if he was a good choice before.