Barack Obama TV ad -Tyler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eYSStPGZhA&feature=related

This commercial was all about Obama. It was saying what he did after collage and all the good things he has done like he signed on as a community organizer with local churches working to help families devastated by plant closings. That was a great thing to do and he is a very nice person. It told us that he would be a good president because he is so smart and they say he will know what to do.

My point of view on the 2008 election

The 2008 election was a very interesting election because Barack Obama is the first African-American president in the United States history. I am disappointed with this election because i would of preferred John McCain to win this election. I don't think Obama will make the right decisions in our war. But McCain was a poisoner of war in Vietnam for 5 years. He knows what to do in a very serious war like ours in Iraq. No offence to African-Americans but a lot of white Americans do not like African-Americans and want to kill them(For example the KKK). I don't think they will want an African-American in charge of their country. Before the election i thought we should defiantly get rid of the Electoral Collage system but after, now, i think we should keep it but tweak it a little bit. By tweaking i mean maybe making the people of the United States to get more involve in it, not just the population of each state.



A couple of days before the election we colored our own maps trying to guess who wins each state. I did pretty good. I got only 5 wrong. They were Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Indiana.





- tyler

Personal reflection, result, and explanation of the electoral maps. By Josh

John McCain is the stronger candidate and should have won. McCain has allot more experience than Barack Obama. For one McCain has been in government for way longer than Barack. If Barack was white he probably would not have won this election. Another reason is that Bush made everyone mad at republicans and everyone thought that McCain would be another Bush. Although McCain would have been a better choice Barack won. If Barack were to have more experience I would not have minded so much when he was elected. I do not blame the Electoral College for this win because it work as usual so my view of it does not change. the electoral college would not have mattered any way because Barack still one the popular vote as well. This leads me to keep my opinion on it.

Gallup Poll by Political Party by Josh

http://www.gallup.com/poll/109042/Candidate-Support-Political-Party.aspx


This poll above is based on political party. Democratic voters tend to lean towards Barack but few lean towards McCain. Republican voters lean towards McCain wile some lean towards Barack. Independents are leaning more towards Barack recently and McCain earlier on in the election. During the Democratic convention Democratic voters were for Barack. During the Republican convention Republicans were for McCain. Independents were for Barack in the Democratic convention and McCain during the Republican.