Friday, February 29, 2008

Presidental election

I did the research with total 8 persons in Student Center, including 3 male and 5 female among whom there are 7 Democrats and the other one is neither a Democrat nor a Republic. I asked the questions below:
Research paper
(number of person)(personal/group)
Do you know about the system of electors?
Yes: 7/26 No: 1/8
Do you think the Electoral College system is fair?
Yes: 1/12 No: 7/22
Who would have a better chance against McCain
Obama: 7/27 Clinton:1/7
Check the statements you agree with.
(4/17)Hillary has more experience than Obama.
(7/23)Obama can unit people and offer change.
(0/3)Experience is more important than uniting people and offering change.
(0/2)Ron Paul hurt Huckabee`s campaign by staying in the race.
Which states will be most important in the general election? Name three.
CA: 7/27 TX: 2/12 NY: 4/12
FL: 3/12 IL: 4/8 OH : 3/11
NH: 1/1 VA: 0/1 WI: 0/1
AL: 0/1 IO: 0/1
First, according to this table, more than half people do not think that the Electoral College is fair. Also, people trust Obama more than Clinton to compete with McCain. In this year`s election, many people agree that Hillary has more experience than Obama and Obama can unit people and offer change. The CA, NY and FL are considered to be the most important states ing the general election. Second, when I talk to the people, most of them reacted like asking their private questions and they do not like talk about it until I told them I am just a CESL student. This means that everyone concerns about the presidential election and makes full use of their elective right . However, before I do this research, I believe that experience is more important and more likely to win the election. Now I know that in America if a person wants to succeed, you must get good term with the public and you should know that everyone will use their rights to bring themselves the biggest benefits. Maybe it sounds selfish, but it is reasonable. In addition, I learned that in the general election the state which could lead the candidates to win is not because of the population and land size of the state, the decisive factor is that those states which are neither big or small but are not partyloyalty. Those states always change their minds of supporting the candidates. Third, I think the election wastes a lot of money for advertising and some other costs. Therefore, I can not believe that the electoral system works very well as the American government said.

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