Why Obama won the 2012 Election The American elections of 2012 was very competitive between the Democrat candidate Barrack Obama‚ who was the president then‚ and Mitt Romney‚ the Republican candidate. The campaigns and presidential debates were quite heated and as has been earlier mentioned‚ it was tight for each of them as polls clearly indicated that both Obama and Romney had more or less an equally high chance of winning the presidential elections. Demographics played a significant part in
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can change. A word can mean something different to different people. A term that I find interesting is the word liberal ‚ with is root word being Liber which means free or “free one“. the meaning of the word liberal has also changed over time. What the word liberal means today doesn’t mean what it use to back In he 18th and 19th centuries. Back then the word liberal referred someone who believed in individual freedom in both personal and fiscal matters. It was used to described
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controlled Cuba‚ and this a nuisance for the U.S. due to the fact Cuba was the largest producer of sugar in the world at the time. (2) Cubans rebelled in hopes of breaking free from Spain’s control and become independent. However the U.S could not let Cuba win this war by themselves. They feared if Cuba won the war without them‚ this would lead to the abolition of slavery. Cuba would lose American influence thus leading to end of slavery. The U.S could not let that happen due to the fact it was slaves who
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Compensation and Benefits strategy The key to success in the long run for your limousine company is to be at or above the national average for small business when it comes to benefits and compensation. Through research we have found that on average 54% of companies with less than 100 employees offer medical coverage for full time employees. This is the first key to acquiring topnotch experienced workers and keeping them with the company for an extended period of time. Average salary for an experienced
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Why did the U.S. fail to win the Vietnam War? As we all know‚ the Vietnam War was a colossal failure which American don’t want to mention any longer. In that period the United States had benefited from the World War II and had a rapid development in economy which made the U.S. become one of the most powerful country all over the world. So‚ why did the U.S. fail to win the Vietnam War with the strong strength? First‚ let us see a set of data from wiki. “Between 1965 and 1975‚ the United States
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Although President Bush was a very successful president in terms of foreign relations he had some struggles that really caught up to him when it was time for re-election. After his successes in the gulf war he had the second highest approval rating amongst all presidents with a rating of 89%. This is only behind his son’s 91% approval rating after the 9/11 attacks on the world trade center. It is obvious that these ratings are not directly correlated with how well the president does throughout his
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INTRODUCTION An election is a decision making process by which people choose leaders. Elections are the most important ingredient of democracy‚ and have been said to be the factor that either breaks or builds the democracy of a state. This essay shall discuss the effectiveness of elections as a measure of democracy citing examples from recently held election in African countries. A conclusion shall be drawn at the end. DEFINITION OF KEY CONCEPTS The term‚ democracy comes from the Greek word‚ dēmokratía
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The main reasons England won this struggle was because of the sudden downfall of the Spanish Empire‚ and England’s successful establishment of its colonies. Throughout the 16th‚ 17th‚ and 18th centuries‚ Spain maintained an impressive hold on American territory. As The American Pageant describes‚ they had attained a “sprawling empire from California to Florida to Tierra del Fuego”. Perhaps contributing to their success‚ the Spanish blended their culture with the Native Americans through marriage
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Sometimes‚ in order for this to occur‚ sacrifices or compromises must be made by all parties. However‚ as long as it all balances out in the end a win-win outcome is still achieved. Solution 3 from the question above demonstrates a win-win situation. I choose solution 3 because it shows Jason and Carol accommodating the one another’s opinions and feelings. Carol must overcome her pride and get to know and accept‚ or at least tolerate‚ Jason’s
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Why Britain Won The Battle Of Britain. Britain won the Battle of Britain for many reasons there was a few main reasons as to how they won. i think that one of these main reasons where because they had a really bad leader and he didn’t know how to handle modern technology. He didn’t understand how the modern planes worked he put them in groups this made it a lot easier for the people to attack where if he had placed them seperatly it would of been harder for the British to attack‚ This therefore
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