Did less people vote? Why?

Dominic A.
November 12th



                                                               Less Voters? I think so


                 Voters turnout from 2008 seems to be higher than that of the 2012 election.

                  In the 2008, there were 131 million votes, while with the votes so far, 119.4 votes is all that has been counted. Not all votes have been counted however. There's still a chance that with the votes that haven't been counted so far for there to be more than the votes in 2008.

                  More than forty percent of the voter drop was in the states heavily affected by Hurricane Sandy. Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. These states are however more democratic, and probably would've gave Obama even more votes than he already earned. He easily carried the three states in 2008 and in the 2012 election. People also voted more in battleground states than they did in 2008 to make sure that their desired party would win.

                 With the voters turnout looking like it's less voters, it is really showing that in the 2012 election, many people just didn't vote because they aren't confident in either candidate. Some reports show 93 million eligible voters didn't even vote.

They played a major factor

Dominic
November 7

                                                        Why Obama Won

               Obama won this re-election for many reasons and these are three groups that are just of the reasons.

1. Hispanics
2. Young Voters
3. Women

1.         Hispanics are officially going to be heard and Mitt Romney struggled to appeal to the Hispanic voters in the United States. Hispanics account for more than half of the new population growth in the United States. Obama won majority of the Hispanic vote in Florida, but could've won even more if there weren't the normal republican cubans who normally vote republican.
2.        The youngsters turned out to be a major part in Obama's win as well. Young voters made up 19 percent of the electorate and 60 percent of young voters voted for Obama. Young voters proved that they must be taken serious and they'll usually be shown in whoever wins each election.
3.     Women made their voices heard in this election and in record numbers. Women are taking over the Senate and this year, there are the most women in the Senate. Women won Obama's vote by nearly ten percent more than Romney. However, even with the women takeover, it's more so for democratic women because during the election, none of the female Senators who were elected were Republican nominees.

Obama's Victory

Dominic
November 7th

Obama's victory

            As you all know, Obama has just won the 2012 election. This will be his second term in office and that's very historic for an African American president. He's the first African American president, and to stay for two terms in a huge accomplishment. 

           Barack Obama won Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, New Hampshire, Virginia and Wisconsin. It seemed as though there was no such thing as a battleground state because Obama won them all.

           At around 11:15 pm eastern time, most already knew that the president was re-elected. Drama was very high because the race was much tighter than in 2008.

                 Democrats remained control of the Senate, and Republicans kept majority in the House. Obama will continue to be challenged when he needs to pass a law or something just because of the House of Representatives controlling over it.