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Who Voted

Who Voted. 4/4/2013. Clearly Stated Learning Objectives. Evaluate how people develop political opinions and how this impacts their political behavior. Evaluate and interpret the importance of partisanship in shaping political opinion and vote choice

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Who Voted

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  1. Who Voted 4/4/2013

  2. Clearly Stated Learning Objectives • Evaluate how people develop political opinions and how this impacts their political behavior. • Evaluate and interpret the importance of partisanship in shaping political opinion and vote choice • Analyze the theories of why people vote and apply them to the 2012 Election.

  3. Office Hours and Readings • Monday 10-2 • Readings On Reserve: • Downs, Anthony. An Economic Theory of Democracy. 1957. Chapter 8. New York: Harper and Row • McCutcheon, Chuck. The Elections of 2012: Outcomes and Analysis. “House Senate, and Governors’ Races” pp 25-41

  4. Issues and Candidates

  5. “If you had the Ear of the Presidential Candidates. what advice you would give to advise them on their respective campaigns”?

  6. Dr. Smith

  7. Other SES

  8. Education 2008

  9. Education

  10. Religion in 2008

  11. Religious Affiliation 2012

  12. Church Attendance

  13. White and Lapsed Catholics

  14. Candidates

  15. Mitt Romney

  16. President Obama

  17. Candidate Quality

  18. Doesn’t Care

  19. Enthusiasm Gap

  20. Find a reasonto get the President “fired” The Romney Strategy

  21. Economics: The Issue • This was a potential weak area for Obama • The Economy impacts all voters • Social Issues are a loser for the GOP

  22. Immigration

  23. Abortion

  24. Same Sex Marriagge

  25. Most Important Problem

  26. Health Care Law

  27. National Debt Election Day 2008 Election Day 2010 November 2012

  28. The Deficit

  29. Taxes

  30. Inherited Problems

  31. Jobs

  32. Handling the Economy

  33. Romney couldn’t get Retrospective voters • Having voters look back at the economy • “Are You better off now than you were for years ago”

  34. 2010 Was A Referendum on the Economy

  35. Right Track?

  36. The National Economy

  37. Economic Conditions

  38. Obama Won: The Economy • With Better Economic numbers, Romney had nothing else • Voters gave Obama an Incomplete • Romney couldn’t get the President “fired”.

  39. The Hurricane

  40. Decision Day

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