The Election Of Illinois Senator Barack Obama

CNN reported on Election Day that the economy was the most important issue to voters. The Democratic platform for the economy was to provide quick relief for the economy with a fifty billion dollar jumpstart. The Democrats also want to cut taxes for the middle class and end tax breaks for companies outsourcing jobs. Obama blamed deregulation for the financial crisis. The Republican platform for the economy consisted of making the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent , increasing the international trade and building nuclear plants both of which will create new jobs (Woolley 2008).

The 2008 presidential election saw a significant increase in voter turnout among young people, Blacks and Hispanics. This helped with Obama’s political campaign, for he had a strong connection with minority groups and young voters. With the increase in voting for the Democratic party in 2008 by Blacks, Hispanics and young people, Barak Obama became the 44th president of the

The presidency of 44th US President Barak Obama has been marked with rather prominent and significant shifts in policy, reverberating throughout many areas of the country. One of the president’s most controversial proposals that has yet to be fully acted upon is providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States. Supporters of the legislation point to a variety of moral and economic reasons to justify their position while opponents retaliate with their own concerns about the “fairness” of this policy action. For many against this pathway, citizenship is a delicate conceptual idea that already has a clearly defined pathway within the United States. Citizenship is often a rather subjective

Incumbent Barack Obama battled it out against Republican Mitt Romney. Their campaign styles, reputation, and platforms were the ultimatum of the outcome of the general election. The economic conditions both in 2012 and leading up to that year were at devastatingly low points, where unemployment rate was a boggling 10%, highest it had been since the 1982 recession. Although, Romney came from a political family it unfortunately wasn’t enough to sway the voters’ opinions causing him to lose the presidential election. Our nation was dealing with a plethora of significant issues during this time and the citizens wanted a president who could promise to resolve those conflicts. Obama, being a returning president allowed voters to put their trust in

The election of a black president was a happy, yet shocking time for many Black people in America. I never thought that I would live to see the election of a person who has the same skin color as me. I realize that even we had elected a Black president it took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to do this. Many people in the past suffered so that we would be able to elect someone who represented millions of American based on skin color. However, there was a long road ahead for Black people and they eventually were able to get the right to vote. Black men were the for people who were allowed to vote then women. Even though laws were passed so that Black people could vote there were plenty of obstacles put in the way to hinder their effort to do so.

In a 2008 debate, now-President Barack Obama proclaimed, “We are a nation of laws and we are a nation of immigrants, and we can reconcile those two things,” (CNN, 2008). The hype surrounding Obama’s first term election included “hope” for immigration reform—an important platform of his campaign. In 2012, Obama’s re-election was partially attributed to an increase in support from the Latino demographic. The Latino vote helped Obama win key states and compromised 10% of the electorate—the highest ever recorded (Lopez & Taylor, 2012). With less than a year for Obama left in office, immigration legislation is struggling. Despite bi-partisan efforts, the future for comprehensive immigration policy is bleak. The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S.744) made great strides towards comprehensive reform in 2013. The arduous passage of S.744 was a victory for immigration reform but its subsequent failure in the House of Representatives is symbolic of an over-arching problem facing immigration reform policy in the United States.

Historical Background of the policy: The Obama campaign of 2010 was a driving force to establish a better quality of health insurance for all Americans who were uninsured. Before the act was passed nearly 102 million Americans were in health insurance policies with lifetime limits; it was estimated that as many as 20,000 people annually could be denied coverage for care due to those limits (The Affordable Care Act: the impact of health insurance reform on health care consumers: hearing of the committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first section..January 27, 2011., 2013). Most beneficiaries who have reached their lifetime limits are seriously ill, which results to them having to use their benefits but instead of receiving it they have already ran out just when they needed the coverage the most. Another problem that corrupted the health care field was young adults going without health insurance from their jobs because of the fact employers were not offer plans, it being too costly, or individuals not being ineligible for their parent’s coverage due to their age. Cancellation among policy or were required to pay a higher expense for coverages that provided service for pregnant and nonpregnant women. Employers suffered dealing with offering employees’ high insurance coverage or not offering it at all. Also, individuals who suffered from preexisting conditions rather it was an elderly or a child they were either

In November of 2008, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama ran against each other in what has been considered to be a historical race, as the outcome was that the first African American Presidential candidate would become President. One of the big questions that came after this race was why did Barack Obama beat John McCain? Senator McCain, a Republican from Arizona, who fought in the Vietnam war was taken Prisoner . He was the stereotypical candidate for President, as he had years of experience in the government as well as military experience. One of the most important jobs for the President of the United States would be that of Commander in Chief, something that Senator McCain would thrive in, and something that Obama had no prior knowledge

I am writing to you in regards to the quickly approaching 2016 Presidential Election. As your

"Would you want to have a beer with them?" In 2008 's presidential election, this was a popular question Americans asked of the candidates to gage their likeability. The person who often found himself on the top of those polls was Joe Biden. A man known for his down-to-earth attitude, Vice President Biden has had much talk surrounding him in recent weeks about whether he will run for president. With Hillary Clinton as the clear Democratic frontrunner, many believe it would throw a whole different dynamic into the race if Biden ran — not only is he the guy that you would want to have a beer with or the current person next in line to the presidency, but he also has also experienced recent personal struggles with the death of his son, Beau. With all these story angles to take, the media has been taken various approaches to following Biden 's potential campaign. Each platform presents the story in a different way, as well, and it is interesting to see the variance of coverage that traditional T.V., traditional print and evolving media have between each other.

How was Barack Obama able to defeat John McCain? Discuss the impact of President Bush’s approval ratings, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the economy. Lastly, discuss the ways that issues of race and gender affected the election.

On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the presidential election; Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009. Originally, Obama 's health care plan did not include a mandate and was criticized. In the Jan. 2008 presidential primary debate, his response to the criticism was, "A mandate means that in some fashion, everybody will be forced to buy health insurance. Instead of going that route, his plan, he said, "emphasizes lowering costs." … the government will compel you to buy health insurance. Elect me and I 'll give you lower costs and let you keep your freedom … what 's she not telling you about her health care plan? It forces everyone to buy insurance, even if you can 't afford it, and you pay a penalty if you don 't." (Cline). At the time of his election, voters were under the impression that Obama was against the idea of an individual health insurance mandate. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres in February of 2008, speaking of his opponent at the time, Hillary Clinton, Obama states: “she mandates that everybody buy health care. She’d have the government force every individual to buy insurance and I don’t have such a mandate because I don’t think the problem is that people don’t want health insurance, it’s that they can’t afford it…I focus more on lowering costs…I could mandate everybody to buy a house, and that would solve the problem of homelessness. It doesn’t” (Ballasy). Six months after Obama took office, he changed his mind

The number one issue in the election of 2008 was the economy just like in the 20s. America blamed Bush for the economy being so bad. Bush was also a republican just like Hoover. The candidates of the election of 2008 were McCain whom was republican and Obama whom was democrat. They didn’t want a republican as president, this would be a pattern because Hoover was republican and he made the economy worse so instead they voted for FDR whom represented the democrats and he changed the economy greatly so therefore the Americans voted for democrat again since the economy was so bad and thought a democrat could change the economy again. As a result, Obama won the election of 2008.

Fast forward to January 20, 2009, the day Barack Obama was sworn into office, the balance of power in Washington began to shift back toward its traditional plumb line. President Obama had run on a platform of ending the two-pronged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Consequently, majority of Americans seemed to forget that over 9,000 American troops were still fighting a two-pronged war. Americans shifted their focus on fighting the economic recession instead. The economic recession in the United States that caused widespread public panic made it difficult to enact new free trade agreements. The global financial crisis and recession that caused the U.S. unemployment rate to rise to 10 percent during the first year of his presidency. The shift in

As we reach the end of president Obama’s final term in office, the candidates that are about to succeed him are faced with questions about their policies and some of those policies such as immigration apply to all of us. Immigration seems to be a sensitive topic to discuss as there are 42.2 million immigrants residing in the United States and that number sees to be growing. There are those who oppose immigration and wish to send them all back to their place of origin because they “Drain the Economy” or “Steal all the Jobs” but the truth of the matter is, Hispanics are not the only immigrants, there are Asian, European and African immigrants that all come to the U.S to live out the American dream and they are doing more good than bad to the