Introduction
Obama emerged victorious one again in the presidential election in the United States because his campaign had an obsolete advantage over his opponent, Romney. This advantage was to the fact that his campaign attracted critical groups in the country. These groups include the Latinos, African America and women group.
The Latinos group contributed about seventy one percent of Hispanic voters that voted for President Obama relative to only twenty seven percent that casted their votes for Romney. This turnout is considered the biggest Democratic margin since 1996. They were much concerned about the economy as whole and they were worried of the Romney’s unwillingness on giving a straight forward policy on immigration reform. They favored Obama since he was willing to provide undocumented Immigrant Deportation Reprieves.
A very huge turnout of about ninety three percent was massively attracted by president Obama’s campaign and they casted vote for him. The group supported president Obama due to his efforts in jumpstarting the stressed economy and enhancing the healthcare. They were also against the voters’ law that was backed by republican, which was a challenge to the minority groups who do not have the essential identifications.
Women, especially unmarried, contributed a massive turnout in voting for President Obama. About two third of single women casted their votes for president Obama while only thirty percent casted for Obama’s opponent, Romney. However, married women provided a larger turnout for Romney at 53% compared to 46% for president Obama. The unmarried women were attracted to Obama’s campaign because most of them are low-income earners who were favored by Obama’s economic policies.
Compare the 2012 electoral outcome to the 2008 electoral map
The 2008 electoral map focuses on all the 50 states of the United States. The electoral map showed that it took 270 electoral votes for president Obama to emerge the winner in the elections. The interactive electoral map highlights five major elements in the 2012 elections of the U.S. this include: the general views, the starting views, the electoral views, split marine and Nebraska and the historical pattern of the elections.
The 2008 interactive map shows the Electoral College map for 2012 and the history of presidential election in U.S. In 2012, the president was required to win the popular vote that will ensure that he won the 270 electoral votes. This is a majority of the states that are present and they tally up to 538. The map shows that, for one to be president, it do not matter in getting the most overall popular votes but one is required to win the majority of the electoral vote.
The electoral map in 2008 showed that Obama won with a total of 365 electoral votes compared to john McCain who got 173 electoral votes. In 2008, the in trade focus did not show Nebraska state splitting votes and this had never again happened in the history of the United States. Missouri and Indiana states showed that they resulted in a dead-on in the electoral vote count.
The road to winning the 270 electoral votes showed that the democrats were leading by 201 electoral votes, 69 remaining while the republicans were having 191 electoral votes with 79 remaining. There was a tie between the 32 states. This showed that they were going to be a stiff competition in the race to state house. In the final results the president emerged the winner with 332 while Romney acquired a total of 206 electoral votes.
Obama won the election because he won on the key states that they were competing with Romney. The key states include: Ohio, Lowa, Virginia, New Hampshire, Nevada, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Colorado. Romney only won at North Carolina.
