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Showing posts with label Potential Voters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Potential Voters. Show all posts

Monday, November 5, 2012

Romney Criticisms

"Mitt Romney sucks, pass it on" has become a viral Tumblr post that has gotten over 9 million notes. 

In the first ever political debate, Mitt Romney “made a slip” according to political experts. The question asked dealt with education for underprivileged children in the United States. During Mitt Romney’s answer, he slipped the words, “poor children” but soon corrected himself to, “less fortunate children”. Critics “went off” on Romney criticizing him by stating that he “has no respect” and is a “selfish human being who doesn’t understand”. “One small mix up of words, can make or break you,” says an expert at the Washington Post. These words have been held against Mitt Romney ever since they came out of his mouth. Since the publication of the secret video, in which he addresses the "47%" partially consisting of the poor and elderly, he received a flood of criticism from the media, Democratic party, and even his own Republican party.



After criticizing Obama's response to protests in Cairo and Benghazi, and the killing of the American ambassador in Libya, tons of criticism came not to Obama, but Romney instead. People said he distorted the timeline of the Egyptian embassy's response to the protests and made a harsh insult on the White House. 

Obama Criticisms from Republicans

Romney and aides say Obama's "big government" policies are creating the slowest recovery in decades, including an unemployment rate near 8%. 


Romney spokesman Ryan Williams also cited a comment Obama made Friday in Ohio, telling backers that "voting is the best revenge."

Ryan Williams said, "With no record to run on and no vision for the future, President Obama is resorting to false, discredited attacks and a cynical closing message urging voters to choose 'revenge.' Mitt Romney wants to bring people together and he wants Americans to vote for love of country." 

When Obama was giving his speech to the nation on Thanksgiving day, many Americans were flabbergasted when Mr. President failed to mention God all together. "Holy cow! Is that one screwed up or what?" says columnist Sherman Frederick of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Several opinion writers have brought up this incident several times in columns and articles during the 2012 election in hopes of swaying votes the other way. 

Sunday, November 4, 2012

What Influenced Voters Most



Oct. 27-31 USA TODAY/Gallup Swing State Poll of 1,183 registered voters, Margin of sampling error +/- 4 percentage points for all questions except voting intentions.

Majority of people are influenced by the debates, with 62%.



Ways of Communication

To reach out to their potential voters, candidates use various ways through the media.

  • Radio
  • Television
  • Speeches
  • Bill boards
  • Internet
  • Newspapers
  • Cable news network
  • Travel logistics


Candidates who are on a budget can use creativity and a software program to make an advertisement and hope it goes viral.

Candidates can send emails everyday to their supporters and potential supporters.

Candidate websites are also a way for people to find out more about them.

To the younger generation, Facebook or Myspace pages can provide valuable information and links to the candidate's page.

Hooray for the internet ~ !