So my last two blogs were about how each party used television and social media to get out their messages to persuade the voters. In this mid-term we have what some people call the "6 year itch." This basically means that the president in power loses his senate to the opposite party in his 6th year. Not only did Obama lose the senate, but he also does not have the majority in the House. I believe this has only happened a few times in modern history with Eisenhower, Reagan, and Clinton. Now that is just only the presidents party that doesn't control both houses.
My point in this is that the media PLAYED a HUGE part in this election as well as the past few. The media gives us the opportunity to see the candidate by debates, pictures, events, or other engagements. We can hone in on the messages and make our decisions to use democracy to make our choices. Of course, there is the influence of other factors such as SuperPacs and such to help make a decision. That is where we get a lot of media commercials. Also, don't forget the MSNBC and FoxNews that also help us (this weeks discussion question).
The thing that I am lost on is President Obama's quote about 2/3 of America didn't vote. See he is essentially saying that 1/3 of the voters put the Republicans in control of the Senate. He said they ran well campaigns. Then if THAT is the case...then media supplementing politics had just turned into steroids because all of those ads and televised events gave the Republicans super human strength to get out and vote.
So before I go....why is it ALMOST OVER!!!!!
We have a run-off in Louisiana. And Alaska is still too close to call.
That run-off means....more television ads...more time on media....and more time to supplement politics!
