Reflection

Yes I'm satisfied with the election. I think its time for changes and i think Obama will make good ones.I would keep the electoral vote because it is fair and it is faster to find out who will be president. I was really close, i didn't know what one state chose out of the candidates.
Yes the Gallup polls influenced me that Obama was going to win. I did the Gallup polls on age and gender and it showed that Obama was more popular.

Nicole

Political Cartoon

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/cartoons/11_10_08_inktank?pg=16

This political cartoon is funny because the U.S. is happy that Obama is the new president. The cartoon also shows that Bush is not happy because everyone is glad that he is leaving and every thing he decided is going to change.

Nicole

Reflection

I am satisfied with the election because Obama will make good changes and I think hes going to be a good president for the U.S.

I would keep the electoral college because I still think it works really well and it has for over 200 years. So why change it now?

I was 3 off from the map prediction I was pretty close. Things that changed were because of 3 states I didn't guess for Florida was one and 2 of the states I didn't color yet because they were still unsure.

No the gallup poll didn't influence my prediction because I did a gallup poll on age and then one on race and I didn't predict what age would make Obama president or what race would.

Brittany

Gallup Poll

http://www.gallup.com/poll/108040/Candidate-Support-Race.aspx
This gallup poll represents what races vote for what president.
In the most recent vote the week of October 20-26th non Hispanic white most voted for McCain.
with 50% and Obama with 44%. Non Hispanic black most voted for Obama with 91% and McCain at 4% for that category. The Hispanic category voted most for Obama with 65% and McCain with 27%. This poll shows what each race votes for and it looks like if your the sam race as Obama most would vote for him. If your the same race is McCain most would vote for him. So that was the most recent vote.

Brittany

John McCain tv ad

This is a John McCain tv ad about family. He's saying that he can support for your family better than Obama. Obama is highering taxes, more government spending so there will be fewer jobs. So how would you support your family is what John McCain is saying about Obama. McCain has an energy plan which is better to help families is what he thinks.

Brittany

Gallup poll

http://www.gallup.com/poll/108034/Candidate-Support-Age.aspx
This gallup poll represents the weekly votes for Obama and McCain from reigstered voters.
It shows that most voters in the age group of 18-29, 30-49, 50-64, 65 and older years of age prefer Obama than McCain in the week of October 20th to the 26th the most recent vote.
Some weeks most people in the 65 and older age group prefer McCain, but for now Obama is in the lead by the most recent gallup poll vote.


Nicole

Barack Obama's ad

This ad is about Barack Obama and what his plans are and how his plans would make the us better. He also tells what he has done already.

Nicole

Political Cartoon

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/analysis/toons/2008/10/09/mitchell/index.html

What I think this cartoon represents is Sarah Palin is more in it for herself and she hopes she can be the president if McCain becomes president because he's older so if something ever happened to him she would step up and become president the first woman president. So shes on his side for now but if something ever happened she wouldn't care because now shes the president and everyone could like her. So its McCain and Palin now but if something ever happened its Just Palin in 2012.

Brittany.

Gallup Poll

http://www.gallup.com/poll/109687/Candidate-Support.aspx
This gallup poll represents the weekly change in votes for Barack Obama and John McCain by registered voters. It shows that Obama had higher votes from June 08 til September 8th to the 15th where McCain had 47% and Obama had 45%. Other then that Obama still has the highest votes as of October 08. With 51% and McCain 42% right now.

Brittany.

3 issues

An issue in America now is energy and the environment. Oil is a big problem and John McCain thinks we should keep drilling for oil along the coast. He also wants to find a scientist who can build a long-lasting electrical car battery. McCain wants to build 45 new nuclear power plants and encourage developing new biofuels.

But on the other hand Barack Obama says ‘we simply cannot … drill our way out of this problem’ he thinks the search for oil will not succeed for at least 7 years. Instead Obama wants to invest $150 billion in a ‘major commitment’ to develop wind power and other ‘clean energy’.

Another issue is the economy. People are losing jobs and homes; America is also facing its largest budget deficit ever. John McCain says ‘jobs are the most important thing our economy creates.’ He believes that cutting taxes to small businesses and corporations allows them to create jobs. He also wants to make bush’s two tax cut permanent and the senator’s economic plan also means reduce government spending.

Barack Obama ‘would roll back the bush tax cuts on the wealthiest Americans.’ Obama would raise taxes on people who makes more then $250,000 and on large corporations. Obama promises to create jobs by investing in highways, schools, public transportation, and other elements of the country’s infrastructure.

Immigration is another issue. Obama voted for 700 miles of new border fencing. He would not ''bully'' any landowners to put up fencing if they don't want it. Obama supports letting illegal immigrants stay if they earn to be a citizen and follow rules and fines.

McCain voted for 700 miles of fencing . He would require fencing, the frederal government and private landowners would compromise to get the fences built. He also supported to let illegal immigrants stay but wasn't specific what he would do with them.

Nicole

3 issues

• One of the many issues is Iraq, what Barack Obama thinks should happen with the Iraq issue is that he would like to remove the American soldiers within 16 months because the war in Iraq has overburdened the U.S. military and has also distracted the country against the terrorists fighting in Afghanistan. Barack says that leaving Iraq is the right thing to do for everyone's national security, and it will make us safer.
  
  John McCain has been a strong supporter of the war in Iraq. What he thinks is that the Iraqi government isn't ready to handle its security. He thinks its ok for the country to fight because allowing fighting will plunge the country back into chaos. He wants to walk away from the Iraqi people but I think fight with some other country.
  
  Another issue right now is health care. Health care is expensive and an estimated 47 million people in the U.S. don't have it. What Obama thinks about the health care situation is that small businesses would receive something called tax credits which would help them provide for coverage. Obama also proposes an affordable health plan by the administered by the government and all parents would have to obtain insurance for their children.
  
  John McCain thinks that getting a new government program is wasteful and intrusive. He thinks that giving tax credits to individuals and families to buy coverage from a private insurance company of their choice is a good idea. He would allow people to buy insurance across state lines which would encourage and greater the competition and lower rates.
  
  One more issue would be education, one the biggest questions is how to help the schools where a lot of children perform lower expectations. Barack Obama wants to spend 10 billion a year on pre-kindergarten programs because children at an early age are starting school behind already. He wants to hire thousands of new teachers. For every 10$ they get back it goes into reduced dropout rates.
  
  McCain thinks if the parents want to put their child in a private school the government should pay for it. He wants to improve the school system He believes the education is the responsibility of the sate and local governments. You need to have choice and competition to improve the school systems.

By Brittany

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This blog is for a social studies project, we're focusing on the 08 election. This blog will be graded and we will be posting 2 times a week on Monday's and Thursdays. Nicole will be posting every Monday and Brittany will be posting for every Thursday.