The United States elections provide a good indicator of future trends of parties that participate in it. The future trends are observed from the electorate behavior and the voter acceptance of a particular party. The trends realized from one general election to the other have been pegged on the voter trends that have been seen in the various groups of people in the country; these include the different racial and ethnic groups that are existent within the voter population. Gender, religious inclination as well as class also play fundamental roles in such analyses. This paper discusses the compares the exit poll results from the presidential elections that were held in 2004 and 2008.. According to the 2008 exit polls, Barrack Obama and John McCain showed differences in their election results of 2008. Among the whites, there was a McCain captured a considerable amount with Obama slightly overcoming the challenge. Barrack Obama had an upper hand with all the other races. Among religious factions, Obama was favored by most of the religious groups especially the Christians and the muslims. Among fellow partisans, Obama had a big margin while with McCain; there was a marginal difference with the other party members. Comparing Obama’s support among the various groups in 2008 with that of John Kerry it is evident that trends are shifting from the basis of party ideologies to the personal ideologies and policies that the respective candidate is portraying to the electorate. This suggests that in future, party terms will play a minimal role in the electorate choice of candidates.
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Election Centre (2008). ELECTION RESULTS. CNN.com. Retrieved from : http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html
