fundraiser earlier this year‚ Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a small group of wealthy contributors what he truly thinks of all the voters who support President Barack Obama. He dismissed these Americans as freeloaders who pay no taxes‚ who don’t assume responsibility for their lives‚ and who think government should take care of them. Fielding a question from a donor about how he could triumph in November‚ Romney replied: There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the
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Account for the failure of 3rd parties to break the monopoly of power held by the Democrats and Republicans In their most recent general election the 3rd parties of Britain and America experienced significantly different outcomes. While the Liberal Democrats are now in a coalition the American Libertarian party received 0.99% of the popular vote. The clear failure of 3rd parties to break the monopoly of power held by the Democrats and Republicans can be explained by the electoral system‚ costs involved
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Incumbent parties are defined as “the current holders of political power” and it is clear that well established and organized incumbent parties in presidential and parliamentary democracies have constantly sustained economic growth and development. It is from this trend that we can assume that incumbent parties are indeed dependent on national economic performance. However‚ it is still important to political researchers‚ and electoral campaigners to investigate if national economic performance really
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the voters who made up the so-called Obama union of young‚ nonwhite and well-educated voters who drove President Obama’s re-election four years past. The Republicans track to victory is slim to none without including some of these voters mentioned above; and so far things doesn’t look so good for the Donald. As mentioned earlier‚ Trump is doing horrible is key battleground states; doing worse among white voters than former republicans candidate Mitt Romney did. Trump is losing in states where Democrats
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qualities are what Barack Hussein Obama II possesses. Obama took a major role in 2008 when he was elected the 44th president of the United States. He did all this to ensure America’s ability to move in the proper direction. In this essay I will be discussing the factors of this individual’s life that helped him to achieve where he is today. Those factors are early life‚ before becoming president‚ and his domestic policy. Ann Dunham and Barack Obama Senior had Barack Obama II on August 4th‚ 1961 in Honolulu
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Barack Obama has a very hard life. Obama was born in Honolulu‚ Hawaii on August 4‚ 1961. 3 years later Obama’s parents got divorced. Obama graduated from Columbus University in 1983. Obamas father got into a really terrible car accident and lost both of his legs. When Barack Obama was 21 years old his dad got into another car accident and died. Obama attended Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama was very interested in Constitutional Laurence Law‚ so he joined the Lawrence Law tribe. October 3‚ 1992
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Part III. The following discourse is extracted from Barack Obama‚ the US president’s victory speech‚ who addressed his supporters in Chicago after decisively winning a second term on 7th Nov‚ 2012. Clause in Paragraph 1 | Textual | Interpersonal | Tropical | Other themes | Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. | | -Thank you-Thank you -Thank you so much | -Thank you-Thank you -Thank you so much | | Clause in Paragraph 2 | | | | | Tonight‚ more than 200 years after a former
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Elections 2012 | A Second Term for President Obama? | | Abstract: With the 2012 Presidential elections less than one year away‚ speculations are high on who will be the winning candidate. The Democratic Party’s candidate Barack Obama is the incumbent and has some significant advantages. The Republican Party’s candidate is still unknown and there has not been a clear front-runner. Based on readings‚ polls‚ and expert opinion‚ the chances of Obama winning a second term are quite high for the
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Debate sees few swings at Romney – Mitt Romney’s opponents thought criticizing him during the debate would affect his chances at winning. Heading into primary‚ GOP finds itself stuck – GOP has mixed feelings about the front-runner and unable to decide on an alternative. A Strong defense for Obama - President Barack Obama speaks about the Defense Strategic Review‚ outlining Defense budget priorities and cuts. Critics of Va. supermax prison doubt isolation is the solution – A lot of critics think
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the spirits of his fans and followers. Obama began by thanking his supporters and the people of US for his victory. He makes a rather witty note when he says‚ “I want to thank every American who participated in this election. Whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time – by the way‚ we have to fix that – whether you pounded the pavement or picked up the phone (cheers‚ applause)‚ whether you held an Obama sign or a Romney sign‚ you made your voice heard and you
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