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.
Newspapers have shown to be a huge influence in the run up to general elections. In 1992, The Sun newspaper backed the Conservative Party who went on to win that General Election. An article which is still talked about today was one which appeared on the front page of the paper reading ‘If Kinnock (the, then, Labour leader) wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights’. This headline alone suggested a huge backing for the Conservative Party. ‘The Sun wot won it’ is a notorious headline that appeared in the newspaper just after the results of the election.
Served in Virginia House of Burgesses (1774? 16yrs) IV. Presidential Term: (1789-1797) V. Issues of the Election: 1789 – One of the biggest difficulties was persuading Washington to run for president because he felt his calling was to a quiet life. Once he was convinced, the issue was that only 10 states participated in the election and George Washington received at least one of the two votes from each representative. John Adams, runner up, became Washington’s vice president.
By using these specific words, Douthat is saying that the Democrats are not to be relied on or trusted. In his column, liberal Ronald Brownstein writes that demographics gave Obama the boost he needed to win the presidential election of 2012. He uses logos to demonstrate how demographics helped Obama win. He says that ever since 1992 Democrats have won the popular vote in four of the past five elections. He also writes that in
By the time November rolled around, Bush won by a sizable eight points. In 1992, Stephanopoulos had learned his lesson and he created the now notorious ‘war room’ for Bill Clinton’s campaign. The purpose of the war room was not only to respond to republican attacks, but to respond to them as fast as possible, often times before they were even broadcast or published. The goal was to leave no attack unanswered and the result was a remarkable campaign that pegged Clinton as the “Comeback Kid.” - The Three Methods Used To Answer Attacks: 1. Catch Them In A Lie.
This election has touched on multiple sociological issues ranging from gender, with vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, to the state and direction of our current economy (the “recession” crises), to other such sociological issues as religion, class, and even national security. From a sociological perspective, 2008 presidential election poses many questions, with one of those questions being “How would some of the founding fathers of Sociology, such as Marx, Weber, or Durkheim, evaluate the 2008 U.S. Presidential election?” I believe all three of these men would have much to say about this election, both the end result of it, Obama’s historical win, as well as the presidential race itself. Though all three of these men have long passed, through their texts and teachings, I hope to give voice to these men, and give the analysis and insight they would have given, if they would have lived to experience this election themselves. Had the great Karl Marx lived long enough to experience the 2008 presidential election, I believe he would have voted for Barack Obama, and would have viewed this
How did Obama beat Clinton to the democratic nomination? When the little known US Senator for Illinois announced his intentions to run in the democratic presidential primary in 2007, few believed that he could defeat the party backed establishment candidate, Hilary Clinton. Clinton’s campaign was described as “the largest and most powerful presidential campaign in History” and although Obama himself was quietly confident, his early investors were sceptical as Clinton gained an early twenty point lead. So how was he able to turn things around? Obama had three key factors on his side.
At first, when I saw all the debates of President Obama I thought he is outspoken leader in this year debates and Romney could not even keep up. In my opinion, Romney clearly won Round 1 on the first political debates. I do not know what he Obama was doing out there. He had his head down; he was enduring the debate rather than fighting it. Romney, on the other hand, came in with a campaign.
A reason that in the past may have supported the view that the limits on the PM are too few and too ineffective, and arguably the most important power that the PM had at his/her’s disposal up until recently is the ability to set the date of a general election. Before the Fixed Term Parliament Act was passed on 15 September 2011, the Prime Minister could call a general election at any time within the five year period. Usually the Prime Minister decided to call an election at a time when he or she was most confident of winning the election. However, this power has now been removed from the PM’s arsenal following the 2010 general election, and has subsequently limited the power on the Prime Minister. This is a very credible limit on the PM as it prevents ‘abuse’ of the law which may have kept leaders/parties in power longer than they should have.
I got interested in this artist as the result of the controversy over the Obama poster used in the 2008 Presidential Election. The now iconic campaign poster was originally taken in April 2006 by the Associated Press photographer Mannie Garcia at a National Press Club discussion about the crisis in Darfur but later copied and simplified by Shepard Fairey. Though captivating, no-one was expecting it to become the basis for Fairey’s “Hope” poster, and a visual energy jolt which will be intimately associated with Obama’s campaign. Steven Heller in ‘Design for Obama’ (2009) has put it that “after allowing free downloads on his website, the poster seemed to post itself around the nation and in various forms throughout the world”. The viral popularity became unprecedented in American politics and it became one of the most widely recognized symbols for Obama’s campaign.