Tracking the Election

To me I think that the map shows how close the election really was. By looking at the map you can tell that Obama won most of the Northeast and Midwest and some parts of the West while McCain got most of the Southwest and the most of the mid states. Now it might look like McCain won more states then Obama, but for a fact McCain won all the states with the least electoral votes, so he cold have won more but it doesn't matter because Obama is still getting more votes. In the end with 62,608,702 (52.3%) popular votes Obama took down McCain who had 55,542,743 (46.4%) popular votes, which shows that more people like Obama no matter how many states McCain won. As for the electoral votes, which was 349 Obama to 162 McCain. That show that you could win all of the little electoral states but it won't really get you anywhere you want to be. Which is why every candidate tries so hard to win the big important states, like California and Texas. By winning more of the higher electoral states he insured his spot as our next president until the next election in 2012!!

Reflection Election

No, I am not entirely satisfied with the election results. I'm not because of two reasons. The first reason is because I'm an republican and don't really like anybody who is running as a democrat. And the second reason would be because in my opinion I don't like Obama's ideas to help the issues, but then again that's just me. I would have to say that we should still get rid of the electoral college. We should still get rid of it because because I still believe that it doesn't give the full right and power for people to chose their next president. I would have to say that the Gallup polls did not influence my prediction. It didn't because who really knows if they are true or accurate. So I don't 100% trust the polls, which is why I stayed with my prediction.

Review of Barack Obama's Website

There are many elements on Obama's website. Some of those would be issues, an option to learn more, media, action, people, states, Obama's blog, and final a store. This website would appeal mostly to democrats, younger people, African Americans, and basically anybody who like Obama. It is fairly easy to donate. All you need to do is look next to the store button and there will be a big long red button that says "please donate", you can also look under the action drop down button and select donate. I'm not fully sure where you can volunteer, I can't seem to find where you sign up but I'm sure somewhere on his website you can. Like McCain's website is very easy to find issues an products, those would be located up at the top of the drop down bar. And for any products all you do is visit the store. I'm not sure where you find meetings, so that's a bit tricky to find(just like McCain's website). Obama's website wants visitors to feel and know that Obama knows what he is talking about and that he needs everyone to believe him like he believes in us.

"Obama's Bad Judgement"

This advertisement is saying that Obama made a very bad choice to join the ACORNS. And that he once did bad things to us the people, as in "bullying banks". (Which is not good) The ad is sending a negative message to Obama because its stating that he made a bad choice to join a bad group and that he might make some bad choices being president if elected. The ad makes me feel sort of bad because it talks about one time in Obama's life where he does now know was a bad idea. To me the ad does not discuss any important issues, all it really talks about is Obama's bad choice. The ad does expose the personal life of Obama by telling the country that he did join and took command of the ACORNS. I can not answer weather or not the ad is true because I don't know of a fact that Obama joined them or not. The ad would not change my vote because just because one bad event happened but they have great ideas than I would stay with he candidate who has the good ideas.

Regional Gallup Poll

http://www.gallup.com/poll/108037/Candidate-Support-Region.aspx

This gallup poll tells who prefers which candidate by regions. For example Obama grew up in the Midwest, which mostly means people from the Midwest will vote for Obama. Which in my opinion is dumb because why would you vote for someone who could possibly be bad but you like them only because they are from the same region as you are, but then again that's just my opinion. Now I'm not just singling Obama out, its the same for McCain. Since he was born in the Southwest more people in the South preferred McCain but yet some people still preferred Obama in the West, but still McCain won most of the South.

Review of John McCain's Website

Some elements that are present on the website would be that you have the options to look at the issues, new & media, events, and you can even look at McCain's blog. To me the best people this website would be appealing to is mostly republicans. Other people though who might like this website could young and elder people, because well older do prefer McCain anyway (if you look at the age Gallup poll) so they would probably visit the website. As for younger people they visit the website because maybe they like Sarah Palin and they wanted to see her face. There could be many more reasons why young and old people would want to visit the website. It is very easy to donate on McCain's website. Its just a few simple steps, all you have to do is find the contribute button which is located on the top next to all of the other drop down sites where you can visit. Then all you do is enter your name and the amount of money you wish to give. The way you can join as a volunteer is by looking under the action drop down section and clicking on volunteer and then just fill out the application. It is also very easy to find meetings, issues, and products. It easy because all you have to do is look under the drop down section up at the top of the page and just look for any of these sites and it will be there. McCain wants visitors to see that he is not a bad guy and just wants to lead the country he loves. Now for Obama well his website is a little bit different than McCain's, but that's what makes the election so great.

"Seven"

This advertisement is saying that McCain couldn't remember how many houses he had and that our economy was good and strong even though its not. This ad is negative towards John McCain because its saying that McCain is forgetful and that he thinks that everything is good and fine, which is obviously not. To me this ad makes me feel like Obama is making fun of McCain saying that he's old and can't remember anything, but he might just be making a statement. This advertisement does discuss important issues because if you have a president who thinks that the economy is fine when its not then we have a big problem. This ad does expose the personal life of McCain. The way Obama does that is by telling the country that he has seven houses and that he's supposedly "rich". To be honest I can't say that this ad is true. I can't because I don't know for a fact that McCain has seven houses. The ad would probably not change my mind on who to vote. It wouldn't because who cares if the candidates are rich or poor it should be on who has better ideas.

Age Gallup Poll

http://www.gallup.com/poll/108034/Candidate-Support-Age.aspx

This gallup poll shows the ages of people and who they more prefer. Younger people (18-29) would prefer Barack Obama than John McCain by 21 points in the mid October. It also shows that as months go on, younger people still preferred Obama from McCain by around 20-29 points. Also as months go on all ages still prefer Obama more than McCain but not by that much, but still enough for Obama to win or pull away.

Barack Obama-Iraq

Barack Obama's platform on Iraq is that the troops should come home since over 1,000 men and women have died in Iraq. Obama strongly believes that fighting in Afghanistan is interrupting our main focus in Iraq. Which is why Obama would like to get the troops out of there and focus more on Iraq. Obama would like to end everything but knows that its not that easy. If he could he would, and make America safer around the the world, and end the hatred towards America. Is this a good idea? Should we listen? Please think answer yourself, you might be surprised with the answer.

Barack Obama-Immigration

Barack Obama's platform on immigration is that he wants to become more friendly with Mexico which he believes will decrease the number of immigrates in the US. Obama would also want to find and get ride of any immigrates and fire anyone who lets immigrates in. As much as Obama doesn't like immigrates, he will except immigrates who are willing to pay fines and will learn enough information to become an American citizen. Is this the right path to go down? That's your choice.

John McCain-Iraq

John McCain's platform on Iraq is that the war is all about making strategies. McCain strongly encourages us to stay in the wars because he thinks that we can win and that if we leave now it could be costly. Also McCain does not like having troops over there at all, but he knows that if he takes them all out now than Iraq could do major damage. He also knows how important it is to get all of the troops home, but what he knows and the people don't is the serious consequences we could face. This war is a life or death situation.

John McCain-Immigration

John McCain's platform on immigration is that the law of immigration has been broken. With immigration being like that, he wants to put the law back on track in order to keep our country safe. McCain believes very strongly that our border is still not fully secure and he wants to help make sure that it is fully secure. McCain also believes that in quote "there should be physical and virtual border". There is no way to tell if McCain's ideas are the best for our country, that's why its up to the people to decide that answer.

Barack Obama-Education

Barack Obama's platform for education is some what similar to McCain's. Both candidates used the quote; "no child left behind". Obama would like to straighten the children records and progress in many schools. Obama would like to help most Charter schools to improve and expand the education of most students. He would also like to lower income taxes so that more families can afford better colleges. That's what Obama would like to do for our education.

Barack Obama-Health Care

Barack Obama's platform on health care is that any kind of health care should be affordable, for all ages. Obama believes that health care should be consulted with doctors and not insurances who shoo you way because you won't pay an unreasonable costs. He will not forces anybody to change their health plan if they do not want to. As for people who don't have health insurance are encouraged to get one that is affordable for them. Is Obama's plan the right way to go? November 4th will answer everything!

John McCain-Education

John McCain's platform on education is like all the others quote; "no child left behind". McCain strongly agrees that if schools don't change for the better than children should change to any schools of their chose with out any problems. He encourages any kind of schooling, like public, privet, and even home schooling. All McCain really wants is for the proper education for any child the US.

John McCain-Health Care

John McCain's platform on health care is that everyone should have health care. He also believes that while having health care they should be able to afford it with no problems. McCain believes that people should be able to buy health care insurance not only in the state that they live in, but in any state in the country. He also believes that people should be in charge of their health care dollars and have more input over their health care.

Living In The Election Today

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