The historic night of November 6, 2012 began the moment the first states votes were counted and the electoral process began again. Although, for months prior to that day people have been filling out absentee ballots; avoiding long lines at local businesses to cast their vote. The following day yard signs pointing out the resident’s favored candidate would then be taken down. The 2012 election would be over. However, the months prior to this day lead America here.
The democratic nominee was current President, Barack Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden. The republican nominee was Governor Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan. It was quite the show to watch Mr. Romney become the nominee. They began with an assortment of candidates including Michelle Bachman, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, etc. Slowly, almost all potential nominees dropped out of the race. The mention of the 9/9/9 plan to talk of birth control became memorable moments from the GOP in 2012. Yet in the end business man Mitt Romney rose to top, like most predicted, and became the republican nominee. He was a very successful business man, making a brilliant sum of money each year; however I believe this was his down fall to common man. The fact that he made millions of dollars a year, owned numerous homes, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, paid such a small percent on his taxes, frankly made him a candidate in which an everyday voter could not relate to. How could he ever understand struggle? How would he ever wrap his head around working two jobs as a single parent? How could he comprehend the need for food stamps? He couldn’t. I don’t mean to call him ignorant, because if anyone was in his position they wouldn’t understand either. It’s not his fault.
Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America. He ran on the platform of change, and the American people ate that up. He, I believe, was very successful in his first term. He accomplished passing healthcare reform, commonly called Obamacare, he assigned Seal Team 6 to assassinate enemy number one, Osama Bin Laden, he publicly supported same sex marriage, outlawed waterboarding on the first day in office, he has talked to numerous foreign leaders, etc. Yet, it wasn’t just these accomplishments that got him re-elected in 2012. It was the large amounts of money invested into his campaign and devoted supporters that got him his second term. I personally went door to door to get people to fill out absentee ballots for the President. I did phone bank to help people come to rallies. I don’t know if what I did actually made a difference, but I at least I felt like I did. I do support the President. However, I do not mindlessly follow. I do sometimes differ, but I can always support what I have to say. I am waiting for change in the nation I am growing up in, and to me that’s what Obama is offering and delivered upon. Therefore, I am a supporter. I also support the President because I feel like he can relate to me. I know he understands what it is like to grow up in a single parent home. He comprehends to have goals that sometimes look unreachable from where you are. I know he understands struggle. Hence, he will fight harder for it, because he has lived through, because that’s what all people do it. It is instinct.
I followed the polls on November 6th, 2012 very closely. I remember calling my grandfather and being able to hear him smiling when they announced it. I was proud to be an American, living in a nation of democracy. In the next election I will vote. I will be able to make a difference, even with one single vote. One vote, one voice, one idea, can change the world.
The two sources I used are here and here.
The two images I choose were of President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney.
Comments
Excellent job Emma! I am very impressed that you were involved in Obama's re-election campaign! You and thousands like you at the grass-roots level, are the real reason why Obama does so well in the elections.