2012 Election

The re-election of Barack Obama in the recent 2012 presidential election reveals that majority of the people of the United States of America are pleased with the efforts of the president over the past four years and would like to see his work continue and his future plans enacted. Obama fights for those who lack a distinct voice in the political scene, such as, small businesses and middle class families. Due to the economic issues over recent years, not surprisingly it has been the topic of conversation among the people of America, and is similarly also one of Obama’s focuses and he talks of a long-term plan to improve the economy. With the increase in young voters and the boom in political interest among students, the current president has rightfully put an emphasis on investing in the education system and cutting tuition fees, which clearly played in his favour and he received majority of youth’s votes. Furthermore, Obama has made an effort to appeal to female voters, and stressed the importance of women’s health care and their own personal choices regarding their wellbeing, and due to the fact that Mitt Romney was less than supportive of Obamacare and wanted to limit women’s freedom of choice and access to birth control, it was therefore rather obvious that majority of the votes of female Americans went to Obama. Overall, the outcome of the debate was not surprising given each candidates stance on current issues and the views of the majority of Americans, but at some points it did seem as if things may not have turned out the way they did.

http://www.barackobama.com/economy?source=primary-nav-om

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/youth-vote-2012-turnout-exit-polls_n_2086092.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/07/why-obama-won-womens-vote