SWING STATE

Swing Stat



Swing State

Introduction

Swing state means any state in which voters are equally likely to return a Democratic or Republican candidate. The presidential election taking place on November 6, 2012, will mark the first time an incumbent African American president is on the ballot as well as the first time a Mormon has been the candidate of a major party. Despite these two landmarks, the race between President Barack Obama (D) and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will center on the fundamental policy differences that have separated the Republican and Democratic parties for decades. This paper discusses the role Swing state of Florida.

Discussion

Obama considerably won from Florida. On November 6, 2012, Barack Obama (D) was elected to a second term as president of the United States, defeating former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R). The election capped four years of bitter partisan politics marked by staunch opposition from Republicans to Obama's initiatives and a Republican takeover of the House of Representatives in the 2010 midterm elections. (www.bbc.co.uk)

The U.S. economy, which has struggled with sluggish growth and high unemployment since late 2007, has been the focal point of both campaigns. Romney has argued that only private industry, free from the constraints of government regulations, can fuel an economic recovery. Obama, on the other hand, has during his presidency backed government action to boost the economy and promoted regulatory changes aimed at curbing the kind of reckless behavior in the financial sector that experts agree contributed to the economic crisis. This paper discusses Presidential Elections (2012). It also discusses History of Voting, Electorate College, Pros and Cons of Electorate College, Biography of Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Barack Obama.

Obama had polled strongly in the lead-up to the election despite the relatively high U.S. unemployment rate, which hovered at around 8 percent. Romney, who had built a reputation as a centrist during his time as governor, had run to the right during the 2012 Republican primaries, declaring himself as "severely conservative" and attacking Obama for expanding the role of government in Americans' lives, promoting new regulations on Wall Street banks, and pushing through a health care reform package that conservatives derisively referred to as "Obamacare."

Once he had secured the Republican nomination, however, Romney attempted to recast himself as a moderate, an approach that, initially, appeared to be successful. During his first presidential debate with Obama, held in Denver, Colorado, on October 3, Romney stated that there were aspects of Obamacare—which closely resembles a health care plan that Romney himself signed into law in Massachusetts—that he would keep if he were president. He also stated that he supported regulations on the banking sector, and asserted that the wealthy should not receive any additional tax cuts, a stark departure from the position of most Republicans. (Brinkley, 2010)

Commentators almost universally agreed that Romney won the debate, which they judged based on body language and rhetorical style, praising Romney's energetic and aggressive performance and casting Obama as appearing disinterested and ...