Saturday, October 20, 2012

Unemployment, Changing the Vote?

Seven swing states have just reported that unemployment rates are dropping. This is great news to Obama's campaign since the strongest selling point in Romney's campaign is economics. If the "only flaw" drops from Obama's campaign, we can see the results of the campaign slide more and more into Obama's favor.

Jobs are key in an economy. If there are no jobs, people can't work. If people aren't working, people don't have money to spend. If people aren't spending, there aren't new jobs being created. This vicious loop never ends. However, the improvement in jobs is a good sign for Obama. And the states we're talking about aren't just small ones. Ohio and Florida are two of the states which have lower unemployment rates. Florida has a whopping 29 electoral votes while Ohio has a whopping 18. That's a lot of votes, especially if you're trying to catch up in an election.

What does this really mean though? Obama was already leading in Ohio, so it just makes it so that he has a better chance in securing Ohio, but the big thing is Flordia. Florida has 29 electoral votes that is imperative for Romney to get. Florida was leaning Romney, but with the lowering unemployment rate, is it possible for a swing?

The change in unemployment rate will probably do something in the next poles and the election. However, the question is how much will it really do? There are 5 other states that have lessening unemployment: Wisconsin, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, and North Carolina.  All of them are key swing states that matter in almost every election. However, one thing is for sure, Romney took a blow from the lower unemployment rate. Will Romney go more to the middle and try to win on other issues other than economics? Or will he just suck it up and most likely give this race to Obama?

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