Essential Question
In my opinion these cartoons depict the bad and good things of each candidate. The views of a society or just one person can make a huge difference. For example if one rumor starts about one of the candidates his votes could decrease massively. Now if we looked at it the other way were it is a good rumor it could help his popularity increase but the only bad thing is if the rumor isn't true. These cartoons show what the people have thought about each of the candidates since they started running until the very end of this election.
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The real issues
Abortion: John McCain believes in promoting abortion as the first choice for women struggling with a crisis pregnancy. On the other hand Obama will make preserving women's rights under Roe v. Wade a priority. The candidates both have similar and different views. On one hand Obama is pro-life and McCain isn't.
Education: John Mccain believes american education must be worthy of a promise. He believes that our schools can and should compete to be the most innovative and student-centered. Obama believes in reforming No Child left Behind. He also believes in improving the college ready assessments.
Death penalty: Obama has consistently supported the death penalty. His views have changed over time he is now against the death penalty. John McCain supports the death penalty. He not only supports the state but the federal level too.
Environment: McCain believes curbing greenhouse gas by establishing a market-based system. He believes in securing our energy future by working with our international partners. Obama cracking down on excessive energy speculation. this will provide a short-term relief to American families. He also believes in an economy- wide cap- and- trade program that will help reduce Greenhouse gas by 80%.
Health care: Obama believes in a health care plan for americans that is affordable and accessible. His health care plan will help reduce personal health care bill by about $2,500 per year. McCain is proposing a comprehensive vision to achieve accessible health care. He believes in making it more affordable by ensuring that the aspects of the health care system competes vigorously to the people's needs.
Immigration: John McCain believes that the first step to a reform is securing our borders. The last or second step that he believes in is prosecuting "bad actor" employers. Obama believes in a three step plan. His plan includes securing our borders and improving our immigration system. His last step is to bring people out of the shadows.
Iraq War: Obama three step solution would be to one end the war responsibly and two encourage political accommodation. The last step to his plan would be to increase stability in iraq and the region. While McCain believes in keeping the troops in Iraq. He thinks this because he believes that it is essential for the U.S. to support the government on Iraq. These are two really different views that will change this country maybe forever.
Economy: Jonh McCain will create an economic plan that will create millions of american jobs and that will ensure our nation's energy security. He also believes that the high cost of gasoline and food has been hurting many americans. He states that he will act imediatly to lower those cost. While he plans on that, Obama believes that his three step plan will bring relief to many americans. His three step plan is to first: provide a tax cut for working families, second: provide tax relief for small businesses and startups, and third: he will fight for fair trade.
Poverty: Obama believes that the problem to poverty is that the minimum wage is not enough and that that is why poverty is rising. His three step plan will provide more access jobs, provide better benefits for working parents, and he will support rural and urban areas. McCain on the other hand, his plan for reducing poverty goes along with his economic plan. He believes that small businesses are the key to job growth. He also plans to take back earmark funds which will reclaim billions.
Stem cell research: Mccain states that he continues to support stem cell research. He believes that stem cell research has potential that it will soon make. He also stated that one of the reasons why he supports it is because "those embryos will be either discarded or kept in permanent frozen status." This is one of the very few issues that they can agree on, Obama has said that he supports stem cell research. Although his view on it is that doing this can treat million of people suffering from life-threatening diseases.
Science/Technology
Some topics are more important than others but few are more than science. For example global warming/ climate change are one of the most important issues that politicians have to deal with right now. This is important b/c what if all of a sudden nobody cared for the environment it would completely be destroyed wouldn't it?? Also nuclear weapons are another “big hit". I guess the reason why they are so important is the fact that they can cause a lot of damage and yet countries use them in order to protect themselves. Another example is off shore drilling. Many people are wondering whether it is right or not b/c it is taking away the resources from our coastlines but on the other hand when we truly need those resources and we have no other way to get them then we might just as well do it.
Of course these issues are going to impact us economically. They may have there positive and negatives for example the issue with the environment can lead to a downfall b/c along with a solution to it will come a long budget. As for nuclear weapons they may have a positive b/c if there are no nuclear weapons then we wont have to be paying millions just to make them. Off shore drilling has both a negative side and positive b/c if we drill through then that will mean more resources which would equal more profits but that would mean more money out of our pockets just to drill through.
From looking over the topics I have an opinion on mostly the three of them. For the environment issue I strongly think that we should do something about it. It would not matter if it cost a lot because in the end we would end up prospering from a healthy environment after all we only have one earth and that’s our home and we need to take good care of it. For off shore drilling I feel that we should not do it unless we are in desperate measures. If we do it just because we want to then we would not prosper instead we would lose. As for nuclear weapons I don’t really have an opinion I just think that nuclear weapons should not be used just because a country feels that they need to use it in order to feel superior to another, I feel that the only time they should be used is in when a country is in need and is in the risk of going into a down fall.
Science/Tech
MICHIGAN
The state that i chose to follow through out the election is Michigan. The reason I chose this state is because I have relatives that live there and because it's one of the states that I find interseting. Also I chose this state because it is one of the swing states and Mr. Ritter has talked about the importance of swing states. Since this state is a swing state it is of great importance to the 2008 election. That is why I have chosen this state.
From my research and calculations I have calculated that Obama will win the sate of Michigan. My findings are quite accurate because they are based on the average of both of the candidates and where the candidates popularity was on the last poll. This will have an impact on the election not a big one but it will have one considering that Michigan has 17 electoral votes. Using the regression is a quite accurate tool that can save a lot of time on trying to figure out who will be the winner for a specific state. Now that the election is over I have viewed the final results and my calculations were and are correct.
McCain/Obama
linear regression: y=.0258+42.9846
Obama
McCain
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