2012 presidential election

  In this year’s election two candidates were running Mitt Romney and our current president Barack Obama. Mitt Romney is in the Republican Party well Obama is in the Democratic Party. These two candidates had very different goals and directions for their campaign. Romney believed in higher taxes for the middle class well lower taxes for the rich. He also believes in abortion being outlawed and that insurance companies no longer pay for birth control. He said he would make jobs by given big companies tax breaks so they have more money to give people jobs. Well Obama believes in universal healthcare and that all jobs should provide healthcare. He's prochoice so abortion is still legal. Obama believes the middle class is what keeps the economy going so he wants to lower taxes for the middle class and raise taxes for the rich. These two candidates have very different views to reach out to many different people but the real question is who won and why.

    The outcome was one of the closest elections ever but Mitt Romney did lose. Mitt Romney won the popular vote but not the electoral vote. He lost because he didn’t get Ohio which was a battle ground state with a lot of electoral votes and Obama did. People just didn’t have enough faith in Romney and only 20 percent of women voters voted for Romney. He also didn’t reach out to the Minorities in America making him lose those votes too.

   As we all know by now Obama won the 2012 elections. The reason he won was because he got the most electoral votes meaning the battleground states all voted for him. He also got 80 percent of women voters to vote for him. This is because he wants equal pay for women and abortions he's all for women rights. He also had a lot of votes from minorities because they felt like they could relate to Obama as opposed to Romney. Obama was more for the people and less for the benefit of himself.

    I believe that Obama will help America get out of debt and help raise unemployment. Even in the four years that he’s already been president he has made the economy better maybe not 100 percent but almost there. I am glad that Obama won because now America will continue going forward and not back. I believe America will be out of debt and healthcare will be universal by the end of this term. Obama has done so much good and it’s only going to go up from here.

Gun violence can be stopped

In a world where gun violence and ownership is at an all-time high is it really keeping American’s safe or killing them faster. Statistics say 40% of all guns bought are from illegal dealers so pretty much anyone these days can get a gun without a background check. I believe gun violence should be stopped and people should not be able to buy guns. In a society where there are 88.8 guns per one hundred people guns are over taking America putting the American people in danger everyday they decide to just go to the store.

     Many people don't agree with my view point such as in 2011 the governor passed a law that made it ok for people to carry concealed weapons. He is gun friendly and supports it. Mitt Romney is another person who has a different point of view he believes the amendment should be upheld and not changed at all so guns can be bought freely. Even 84% of American’s don't agree with my point of view. So i am extremely outnumbered in the amount of people who believe in guns being legal.

    I believe guns should be out lawed and only law enforcement should carry weapons. There are 87 gun deaths a day, which could be prevented if only law enforcement had guns. There have been so many shootings in the last 12 years that could have been avoided if people weren’t allowed to possess guns. I believe in Barack Obama because even though he thinks the amendment should be upheld he still wants assault weapons to be out lawed which would prevent murders and accidents significantly. A solution to gun violence would be not having them at all but since that probably won’t happen for a while I suggest an extensive background check and people should meet with a psychologist so they can measure if there sane enough to own a gun and also people who have a family history of behavioral disorders such as bipolar, schizophrenia, etc. should not get guns.