In the midst of the recent presidential debate, support for Mitt Romney has skyrocketed. Those who participated in a recent poll by the Pew Research Center have thought that Mitt “won” the debate against Obama. My theory as to why his support has increased relates to the media. People who watched the debate saw the two candidates arguing over each other, but Mitt Romney did so to a greater extent. He would talk longer than the moderator would allow him to, talk over Obama, and use statistics to improve his argument. While impolite at times, he came across as passionate for his cause. Does the level of truth in the arguments matter if the candidate acts strongly over their point? Will the average voter truly consider what Romney or Obama hope to achieve, or is it all about character? Could this be connected to the 2000's election, where people voted for Bush because he seemed quirky and relatable? I feel that the recent debate could swing opinions, especially when some topics are hard to fully understand.
(http://www.englishblog.com/2012/10/cartoon-romney-vs-romney.html#.UHNr5k3A-So)
I doubt that there are relatively few people who see this news and not have some reaction or another, but from a person who is neutral (I do not really favor either president over the other) I do not see the significance of this latest trend, we all feel that Romney performed better over Obama, giving us clear ideas on his future policy if he would win instead of Obama's vague and uncertain promises.
ReplyDeleteBut some will have noticed that Romney has given us different ideas on his stance on some major issues from when he first started, including tax reform, health care reform, stimulus, wall street regulation...
While his new stances are the possibly the best that we could hope for, these run against some basic core beliefs held by Republicans. I doubt that he would really implement all that he has promised us on the day on the debate, because doing so would lose his the support of the party and some major donors, unless he could strike a fine balance which is difficult to achieve.
Andrew Luo--- D block