2012 Presidential Election Chances The upcoming election for the primary candidate to represent the Republican Party has turned out to be a rather unusual one. The number of candidates running is an odd number each with their own ideological views, shaping this to be one of the tightest races ever in the history of the Republican Party. Each person has unique leadership qualities and each is harping on their most rational ideas to rid our economy of distress. The reason this election is garnering so much of the Nation’s attention is simply because the American citizens believe one of these candidates has a realistic chance of being our Countries next Commander in Chief. Reason being some believe Obama hasn’t done much to help the economy
But all too often political leadership simply means finding out what the people want and telling them you’ll give it to them” (Benson A3). In fact, many polls are also used to change public opinion depending on how the question is phrased. The idea that polls are used for finding out what people feel or think about an issue is not as relevant. The way a question is asked is, “more often than not,” tailored towards the desired result. Benson also seems to say that negative advertising such as the Willy Horton ad campaign have also been able to change public opinion and possibly even change election outcomes.
Based on Polltracker Poll, American views the Barack Obama will work better than the Republican presidential candidate Romney in addressing terrorism and national security. Other than that, in May 2012, he became the first sitting U.S. president to publicly support legalizing same-sex marriage.
First off, advocates of the system have attempted to suppress the facts regarding the affordability of it, and convince the American public that universal health care will be “free” for everyone. This is far from the truth. Under universal health care, the cost will merely be placed upon each and every American through excessive taxation, whether healthy or sick, young or old. Essentially, one may not have needed medical attention the entire year, yet they would still have to pay the same price, through taxes, as someone who needed multiple operations and treatments. Spreading the burden to the entire population is unfair, especially when considering treatments that are required as a result of one making poor health decisions, such as: smoking, obesity, and drug use.
She has claimed to be more effective in connecting with the American people as well as more wired in with the younger generation. With Obama done in 2016, and with Clinton and Obama having a stronger and more cordial professional relationship and it wouldn’t be surprising to see an endorsement from President Barack Obama. As we are learning, many women, African Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities are liberal and support the Democratic Party and since the House and Senate are controlled by Republicans, it’s important for any Democratic candidate to gain as much support as possible; since Clinton is planning to run the vote by women will play an integral role in this next election. The Lasswell Model states that candidates gain prestige, recognition, and influence through campaigns, speeches, and public relations; Clinton is a prime example of a potential presidential candidate as this article states through the many acquisitions and support that she has
He even questions himself when he says “I wonder sometimes how things might have turned out had those ads actually run. Not so much whether I would have won or lost but rather how the voters would have perceived me…” (133) Obama just stated how he cares more about how the people views him rather than his endorsements and rather than him losing or winning. Obama has been very blunt about his passion of serving the people of the United States of America time and time again, and he believes every politician should hold that component lose to their hearts rather than taking these offers from endorsers and expecting “special interest” out of them. This can be prevented in the future if politicians would focus on the big picture of the people and how to better the country and the people rather than their political race. Not only focus and care about the people, like Obama displays, but also for the politicians to change their attitude and views.
The important things today are which party has at the moment the right promises for the single voter and which party is better in delivering policy goals. To conclude I would say that neither Partisan Alignment nor party allegiance related to class is what convinces the electorate of the presence. For sure both of these factors are still there in the voting behavior of the United Kingdom but very rare. The modern, educated and open-minded voters do not want to be related to a party because of their social class, they want to decide completely uninfluenced by social factors which party they vote
In the spirit of selfish self interest, the majority in a state will vote on implementing laws that favor the majority population without considering how it will affect the minority population. Someone has to step in and protect the minority’s interests and check any sort of discrimination directed to them. In this case the only people with the legal power to do so are the legislators and the government, even if it means facing majority outcry in the process. Oversimplifying an important public policy into a multiple choice decision, as earlier stated, might not result in the implementation of public laws. When voting in referendums, it is doubtful that most of the people voting have a complete idea on the decision they are making.
‘If it isn’t broken don’t fix it.’ Discuss with reference to the electoral systems used for national elections in the UK and USA. The first past the post systems used in both the USA and the UK unquestionably have the potential to produce election results that are not representative of the break down of total votes in an election, providing results that don’t reflect voter wishes. One may argue that the electoral systems used in both the USA and UK marginalize minorities, causes wasted, insignificant votes and promote voter apathy. However despite the numerous criticisms of first past the post it has continued to be the system in place to decide the President in the USA and dictate which party forms government, and thus which party leader becomes Prime Minister in the UK, suggesting the system has its advantages. Proponents of the UK and US voting methods also often cite the lack of a credible alternative as a reason for the retention of the current systems.
Finally, what if a representative or senator seriously disagrees with the views of his or her constituents on a particular issue? How should he or she vote? Those who believe that personal views are most important argue that the people vote for candidates that they think have good judgment. Representatives should feel free to exercise their own personal views. After all, if the people don’t like it, they can always vote them out of office!