so here it is.....my summary. i know this is putting it all out there....but i feel like i have to try!
Article Title: Obama Odds May Rise as Unemployment Falls
Author: Mike Dorning
Date: Jan 7, 2012
Word count: 1042 words
Summary: (536 words)
The primary question this
article is addressing is: As unemployment continues to improve, will Obama’s
chances of being re-elected as president improve simultaneously? In other
words, will our current president’s efforts to improve and repair our
unemployment debacle create trust and win the American public’s votes?
The overwhelming
answer/solution as presented in the article to this issue was that if Obama can
keep the sense of an uprising economy and continued progress of diminishing unemployment
into spring 2012, then his chances of being re-elected are far better. The
reasoning of this is due to the fact that most “voter perceptions” of
presidential candidates are formed and solidified in the spring/summer before a
November election. As with any solution, this isn’t the only feasible option.
Some interviewed for this article claim that voters need more to be convinced
Obama is the right option for the next four years. Declining unemployment isn’t
powerful enough for people who have been perpetually without work. Also, only
one president since WWII has been re-elected with the jobless rate at over 6%.
This fact does not sound promising to any future elections for Obama.
Since we have only had two
class sessions thus far this quarter, there is not enough information we’ve
discussed in class to tie in with this article. That being said, Obama’s
re-election is going to be in the news for the next 11 months, so understanding
the issues surrounding it is essential to be a well-educated voter. This
article discusses most obviously unemployment, voting, political history, world
issues and events, and the status of the economy in general.
In regards to how this
article personally affects my life, there are a couple different reasons. Since
I was not yet old enough to vote in the 2008 election, I didn’t pay much
attention to what was going on economically, or even politically speaking
because I could not do anything about it personally. Since then, I have gotten
somewhat wiser and have realized that my reasoning was not entirely accurate.
Now that I am of voting age, it is key for me to know why I vote for a given
candidate. To expand from that, I’m not that far away from having a job/career
of my own, and it’s important to have a viable job market so I can become
financially stable and support myself independently. It’s pretty daunting for
college students or post-grad students to think about finding a job, so it is
important to stay current on the situation. I can’t think of how this
correlates to my personal faith, other than having faith in God that he has a
plan for my life and that I have to trust in Him.
Elaborating from this
article, I would like to know more about the other presidential candidates and
what their specific plans to continue improving unemployment are. To paraphrase
the end of the article, it could be risky to choose another candidate entirely
because of the unknown future of the economy and how they choose to direct it.
Also, does Obama have it in him to continue the boost in the economy and keep
unemployment down? I suppose only time can tell with the upcoming primaries and
election!
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