Talk:United States Presidential Election 2012 (LLB'sWorld)

Abortion
Tim Pawlenty pledged to conservative voters that he would run his campaign "100% Pro-life". He stated that as president, he would do everything he could to restrict abortion, and he would support an anti-abortion amendment. Obama, on the other hand, ran Pro-Choice. '''The President argued that abortion should not be regulated by the state, and instead should be kept as a private matter between doctor and patient. This argument ultimately proved to bring more Progressive democrats and some libertarian leaning Republicans to his side.'''

Deficit/National Debt
The continually growing national debt terrified many Americans, as did an enormous deficit. Many people, including Pawlenty, argued that Obama's policies were making the problem worse. Obama argued that the best way to decrease the deficit '''would be to push for a massive reform of the US Tax code, and allowing the Bush Tax Cuts to the wealthy to expire. This also included removing the cap on Social Security taxes to include those who make more than $300,000 a year.''' Marco Rubio was particularly outspoken against this, and in fact favored tax decreases. The Republicans argued that spending should be lowered instead of taxes.

Healthcare
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care act was widely unpopular among conservative voters, though attempts to repeal or defund the legislation had never succeeded. Pawlenty and Rubio both called for the act, known also as Obamacare, to be repealed. Some liberals also sought to change the bill, claiming that there were many things that could be added and earmarks that could be removed from it. Tea Party activists were still protesting the bill, although their movement was not as strong as it was in 2010. President Obama took a hard line stance on this issue, stating that any attempts to abolish the legislation would be met with his veto pen, and argued that it actually reduced the deficit rather than increased it as my conservatives lied.

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The Middle East had entered a period of great instability following a series of revolutions across 2011. Many of the new governments were highly unstable, and several wars had broken out. Israel was a particular issue, after briefly being attacked by Syria in August 2011 (although that Syrian government toppled by October, and then the war ended). The Republicans advocated massive military aid to Israel and sending troops to secure oil to prevent the revolutionaries from destroying the world oil supply. The Democrats, although they did support Israel, favored leaving the rest of the Middle East alone. Obama played to both sides, capitalizing on his success in staying out of internal disputes unless they represented a clear threat to civilians, as in the case of the Libyan Revolution.

Taxes
Because of his plan to deal with the defecit, Obama stated that taxes would have to be raised, although he stated that almost all of the burden should fall upon the super rich, with the middle class having less of a burden and almost no taxes for the poor. He did state that the lower-upper class would not have gigantic increases, with the highest taxes going to billionairs and multi-millionaires. Tea Parties were held against this position, and in advocation of Pawlenty's lower taxes campaign.

Just some suggestions, mostly changing the language to what the President would most likely say.--YNot1989 03:41, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

Good ideas! Thank you, I added them. LurkerLordB 22:07, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

2012 re-election
Mitt Romney is the Republican nominee. His campaign would be hobbled by scandals. Ultimately, Obama would defeat him with 51% of the vote.

EV map
Why does the article say on the chart that Obama won 330 Electoral votes, but later they say he won only 279? Also, the map you have shows it would be Obama 340-Perry 198. A Wikia Contributor 16.47, September 29, 2011 (UTC)