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.

Barack Obama's website, by Josh

When you first type in the address it is hard to get out of the donate page. Also it is very easy to donate because that's what pops up first. Once you are in it is very easy to navigate to issues and media just t name a few. There are useful tabs that help in guiding you through the website. Barack want you to see him in the best light possible and he does a good job of that. He does a good job of stating what he wants to be done and what he will do. There are numerous icons around the boarder that explain how you can travel to battleground states. But over all the web site works smoothly and gets the point across.

McCain's website Review

If you would want to donate to McCain, its not hard at all if you know were you live, your phone number, address, credit card number, your name, state, passport number and all kinds of stuff. All you have to do is scroll to the bottom of the site and click on the icon that says Donate Now. If you click on that you can choose how much you want to donate and all of that info. If you are trying to find information about issues or something it is easy because their is subtitles that you can click on and it goes right to the link.

By Tyler

gallup poll

http://www.gallup.com/poll/108034/Candidate-Support-Age.aspx

This Gallup poll was taken on August 25-31, 2008 and it was about who voted for who by age. 18-29 year olds voted 54% for Barack Obama and 37% for John McCain this is because of the democratic convention. 30-49 year olds voted 48% for Obama and 45% for McCain this is because of the democratic convention. 50-64 year olds voted 42% for McCain and 49% for Obama this is because of the democratic convention.. For people that are 65 years or older voted 44% for Obama and 43% for McCain this is because of the democratic convention.


By Tyler Cusack