I was just curious, with the final 30 days leading up to the election ahead, and this being the most critical time in the campaigns, where ANYTHING that happens is very critical to the outcome, who would you, as the jdorama.com community, vote for in the upcoming elections.
The debates are obviously a VERY deciding and important factor in this election as it's very close and people are just looking for a reason to vote for either side. Well, I knew the first debate was going to be critical and have a huge effect, and the outcome would almost surely lean in favor of Kerry, and lo and behold, it turned out exaclty as I had thought. These debates, especially the first, which is traditionally the most watched, would be the make it or break it for Kerry as a Presidential candidate. Let's face it, things were not looking good for Kerry throughout August and even into September. His favorability and issue ratings were beginning to decline, and the swift boat ads and other's were beginning to take their toll. Heading into the first debate, Bush was leading by as much as 8 percentage points in the USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll. Now, after a very persuasive and strong performance by Kerry and a very weak performance by Bush, as expected by most, that gap has closed to dead even in that same poll with Nader taking one percent from 2, and things are once again up for grabs. Has the debate had an effect on you? And if so, towards which side? I'm guessing a lot out there were watching as approximately 64 million tuned into see the first debate on one of the numerous networks out there covering it. This is already one third more than watched the initial debate in 2000, and just serves and indication of how much more is at stake this election. It seems the number of registered voters this year is booming.
The vice presidential election is tomorrow, btw, so definitely watch that as it should be somewhat of a more interesting debate and much closer. The rookie, fiery former trial lawyer, North Carolina senator John Edwards with just one term as Senator dukes it out with the older, but less charismatic and more "knowledgeable", at least according to some people, on issues Vice President Cheney. The second of the three Presidential debates is on Friday, but this time with a townhall meeting format, with the people asking the questions. That should prove to be interesting, and some are speculating that Bush will do better in this drastically different environment, and things may work to his favor.
The debates are obviously a VERY deciding and important factor in this election as it's very close and people are just looking for a reason to vote for either side. Well, I knew the first debate was going to be critical and have a huge effect, and the outcome would almost surely lean in favor of Kerry, and lo and behold, it turned out exaclty as I had thought. These debates, especially the first, which is traditionally the most watched, would be the make it or break it for Kerry as a Presidential candidate. Let's face it, things were not looking good for Kerry throughout August and even into September. His favorability and issue ratings were beginning to decline, and the swift boat ads and other's were beginning to take their toll. Heading into the first debate, Bush was leading by as much as 8 percentage points in the USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll. Now, after a very persuasive and strong performance by Kerry and a very weak performance by Bush, as expected by most, that gap has closed to dead even in that same poll with Nader taking one percent from 2, and things are once again up for grabs. Has the debate had an effect on you? And if so, towards which side? I'm guessing a lot out there were watching as approximately 64 million tuned into see the first debate on one of the numerous networks out there covering it. This is already one third more than watched the initial debate in 2000, and just serves and indication of how much more is at stake this election. It seems the number of registered voters this year is booming.
The vice presidential election is tomorrow, btw, so definitely watch that as it should be somewhat of a more interesting debate and much closer. The rookie, fiery former trial lawyer, North Carolina senator John Edwards with just one term as Senator dukes it out with the older, but less charismatic and more "knowledgeable", at least according to some people, on issues Vice President Cheney. The second of the three Presidential debates is on Friday, but this time with a townhall meeting format, with the people asking the questions. That should prove to be interesting, and some are speculating that Bush will do better in this drastically different environment, and things may work to his favor.