Four years ago today, the 2008 election season was in full throttle. The Democratic primaries had an early start, with John Edwards officially announcing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in December 2006, Hillary Clinton following in January 2007 and Barack Obama declaring his intentions for the Oval Office in February. The Republican contenders entered the race soon after and were competing for the nomination in early 2007. John McCain, the last viable contender to formally announce his candidacy besides Fred Thompson, made a formal announcement on March 1, 2007. Lydia Saad noted the awkwardness of no Republican front-runner at this period before an election. Indeed, prospective candidates for the 2012 GOP nomination have …show more content…
These points, along with his major domestic policy reforms, guarantee his reelection. Yet, he states, with the Republican takeover of the House, the Democrats relinquished a vital key -- securing four keys for the GOP (Lichtman). However, as we examine President Obama’s assets, we can also note many of his liabilities, and according to these measures we can state that an effective, extraordinary candidate -- that will drive the message home -- can beat President Obama in the upcoming elections.
President Obama’s approval ratings have indeed gone up since the self-described “shellacking” his party had in the midterm elections. He moved to the center and negotiated with the Republicans to pass bi-partisan bills as he united the country behind Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was tragically shot in her district. However, his spike in the polls has come to a stop and is now sinking. A recent poll conducted by Gallup Daily shows that his approval rating is once again below the 50% mark, which poses peril to his re-election chances (See fig. 2). Yet, although his approval ratings are not that shallow, the popularity of his agenda and management remains at an all time low. Another recent poll by Lydia Saad for Gallup showed that his handling of the economy and deficit is at an all-time low. This low polling is “despite a
The 2016 Presidential election has got to be the most aggressive yet entertaining election of all time. Who would have ever thought that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton would be the two candidates running for President? This election has got everyone, everywhere riled up over who will win the campaign. Citizens of the United States could argue that neither one of the candidates running, is fit to be Commander and Chief. It has come to the point in this election where citizens are not engaging in voting for President, because of the candidates running. Due to the lack of participates voting, I believe that Senator John McCain would better qualify as President because he is a diplomat, he has a strong military background, he’s had years of experience and is a
Presidential job approval is a percentage-based reading taken from a poll of a sampled group of Americans. The polling system used to determine this is the Gallup Poll. This poll is widely accepted as accurate since it first predicted the outcome of the 1936 presidential election. Since that time it has been used to collect ratings and get a better understanding of the public’s true opinion of the president’s performance. It has also brought to light what factors, whether outside or inside the president’s control, affect how the people view his job performance. Some of these factors include scandals, how well the economy is doing, support during times of crisis or a general level of acceptance during the first few months of the president’s first term.
In 2012 President Obama spoke to a group of people at a fund raiser event in Texas and seemed optimistic that Texas would soon be a battleground for the Democratic Party (Parker, 2013). Unless Democrats possess an extraordinary strategic plan this could prove to be a challenging task to accomplish. Recent voting in Texas has faithfully been favorable toward the Republican ticket for over 30 years (Parker, 2013). There has been a widespread margin in the percentage of votes between Republican and Democratic candidates in the last four presidential elections. Currently Republicans occupy all elected statewide offices, both state
President Obama came into office in the aftermath of the disastrous foreign policy record of the Bush administration. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 had served as a “switchman,” leading to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Bush administration exercised unilateral use of force and reluctance to engage the international community. As a result global elites and publics viewed the US unfavorably. The US economy was negatively affected by the costs of the wars coupled with the financial crisis of 2007. It was this environment that defined the contours of the election campaign of 2008. Obama campaigned on the idea of change, which represented a regeneration of America through domestic public policy reform and a return to multilateralism in foreign policy. Both domestic and international publics and elites were galvanized by Obama’s message.
Susceptible to manipulation, some American people have become so influenced by their political parties, the parties’ opinions trample original thought. As Kevin Drum comments, Republicans “hate the idea that Barack Obama is responsible for a pretty successful program,” and “they
Don’t you ever think a president doesn’t follow in his line of duty to protect the constitution or always makes the wrong choices? Do you or your parents ever gripe about how he should be impeached? Well, this is a paper about all of the biggest failures of the oh-so-holy democratic leader, Barack Obama.
Lastly if you look at Obama’s ratings after the killing of Osama Bin Laden his approval rating went from 43% to
There is a lot of pressure forced on the candidates because of the knowledge that, “for the last ten Iowa Caucuses, Iowa has identified the nation’s two primary picks for the top runner from both the Democratic and Republican Party five times and from just the Democratic Party six times” (Iowa Caucus). Additionally, “in the past, the Iowa Caucuses have become more of a clearing field in determining which candidates will stay in the race and which candidates will throw in the towel” (2016 Iowa Caucus). These statistics illustrate how important the Iowa Caucus is. History has shown that the Iowa Caucus at times seems to predict the future candidates that will succeed in the presidential election by eliminating the candidates and narrowing the parties
While Obama is campaigning for the upcoming presidential election, many citizens have voiced their opposition to re-electing him into office. The economy’s downward spiral over the last four years has affected his loss of votes and now the
The President of the United States is under continual scrutiny, and for good reason. Often times Presidents are unable to garner a high approval rating from the public because either they are not able to influence government enough, or in some cases exert too much power over the government. Very few Presidents have been considered successful in modern times and often when Presidents first enter office they are shocked at the difficulty which influencing government entails. There are many possible changes that could be made in order to increase effectiveness. These changes concern the election progress, the transactional relationship between the President and Congress, the term structure and the nomination process. These changes are especially
Throughout history, president's have faced the decreasing approval ratings over their time in the White House. We see that when going into election voters tend to lean more to the individual persuading them things that seem like they are going to make the nation great again. However when elected president, over the years presidents have failed to meet the promises they have made. To win for the presidents is the "power to persuade," but when they lose the confidence of the people, they lose the ability to lead. This causes the next election process, to become very difficult because citizens do not see the right to put in another president who is not going to fulfill their job and promises. However, when the president's approval rating is
The article, “How Presidents Shape Their Party’s Reputation and Prospects: New Evidence,” explains previous presidents and their popularity. There are five main questions that are stated regarding presidents’ popularity. Gary Jacobson, the author of this article, explains where he acquires his statistical research and his use of it throughout the article. Regarding the previous statements, there is a detailed description about the results that are found from the research. By the end of this review, the reader understands my overall opinion on this article. With this being said, what is the question the author hopes to answers, what method does the author use to answer the question, what is the answers found, and my thoughts on the article
At the conclusion of President Barack Obama’s historical consecutive terms in office there is going to be a large number of candidates that are vying for the nominations of the respective parties. Due to the constitutional term limits imposed on the President, Obama is barred to seek re-election in 2016. While there are about 10 candidates running for the republicans, there are only two still in the running for the Democratic Party. The way candidates are recognized by their respective parties to become a candidate for the United States Presidency is first by receiving an invitation to compete in the primaries, then being included in the nationwide polls, as well as being on the ballot for at least 75% of all states. At the conclusion of the February 1st caucus there were 3 Democrats and 10 republicans who were still in the Presidential race, since then one Democratic candidate had dropped out.
Introduction: Barack Obama was re-elected as President of the U.S on November 6th, 2012. Barack Obama held his Victory Speech on the following day. This essay will analyze and comment on an excerpt of that exacting Victory Speech and the solution focus of the criticism will be on the Rhetorical belongings of the Speech. By using numerous forms of Rhetorical apparatus like Anaphora or Tautology, Barack Obama controls to offer a Speech that is full of American thoughts of life, similar to the American promise, the American Dream and the outlook. The Speech is very alike to the one he did in 2008 at the Democratic meeting, and contains numerous forms of replication and between the outline political views.
The 2012 presidential election finally reached its conclusion late Tuesday night on November 6th, as the incumbent Barack Obama won a second term in the White House over the challenger Mitt Romney. The election, with its reputation as the most expensive presidential race in history, attracted wide attentions not only from the United States but also from many other countries around the globe (Confessore & McGinty, 2012). The election was also noted with a numerous number of debates and discussions in both online and offline about the two candidates’ policies and pledges on every level. However, while a lot of attention was paid to the candidates’ verbally expressed speeches and pledges, the candidates’