Current Event #1

After discussing several current events in class today, I've found many different views of articles other people have found, but I viewed the one that effects me the most was mine, which was about Obama moving on more campaign efforts into Florida, which was an article in the Washington Post on Sunday (21st). I viewed that this was an important because I support Obama.

Closing up his campaigning here in Virginia and Washington D.C., Obama told the people at his fundraiser last Friday about moving on to Florida for further campaigning. Florida has been viewed as a battleground state in the last view elections and here's a few points on why he's focusing in Florida.

• Obama views it's 27 electoral votes very important and it would be nice addition for him to win in the electoral college.
• Al Gore in the 2000 election dropped his campaigning in Ohio to focus more in Florida, the outcome of that election as we remembered had a recount in Florida and decided the winner which Al Gore lost.
• In the 2004 election Senator John Kerry focused more in Ohio in his campaigning whether then Florida, John Kerry did not win Florida or the election that year as we know, so the loss of Florida contributed to Kerry's loss in the election.

The facts line up that Florida plays a crucial factor in the last few years and if the trend sets, it should be another crucial state to aquire. Obama hopes to influence about 600,000 unregistered African-American voters in Florida to vote for him as well as other young adults who are unregistered voters. Obama also wants to focus on influencing the Jewish and Cuban communities in Florida which is a good amount of the population. He stresses on them to influence their communites to support Obama.

Obama has placed about $6 million dollars in campaigning in Florida and as well as $8 million dollars in commercial ads in Florida since this summer. But, McCain has done barely any campaigning or any active rolls in Florida up until this current week and is still ahead in the polls, but just barely. But, this makes you wonder, will Obama change the people of Florida's minds on who they're voting?

Both sides of the election are in Florida this week speaking the public so we'll see if that changes anything with some new polls and will see if it pays off on election day!

Good Luck to both candidates!