Becoming an Informed Voter

Becoming an Informed Voter

In order to elect a deserving candidate to run the state, one must be an informed voter. Being an informed does not only mean that one must know the names of the candidates running for elections but must also know their background, political history, their views that whether they are liberal or conservative, how they are previously rated by the interest group and what makes him different to be voted. This paper will analyze Congressman Chaka Fattah, Representative from district Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Senator Robert Bob Casey, from Pennsylvania.

Political history of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia used to be comprised of six districts but with the decreasing population of the state, now it has only four. The first district is represented by Bob Brady, Chaka Fattah represents the second district, 8th district is represented by Mike Fitzpatrick and Allyson Schwartz represents the 13th district. All of the representatives, except Mike Fitzpatrick, are Democrats. Although the Representatives are usually flooded by the Democrats in the city, they still own certain support in different areas (Treadway, 2005). Such as they had a significant support in a major of Philadelphia in the House as late as 1983. On the other hand, Sam Katz also participated in the competitive races as the Republican nominee in the elections of 1999 and 2003. Arlen Specter, the longest serving Senator of Pennsylvania also belongs to Philadelphia.

In the recent election of 2012, President Barack Obama gauged the victory and its 20 electoral vote, particularly with the help of the Latino's votes. Fox News reported that Obama claimed about 80 % of the Latino votes. In all, barrack Obama had 54% votes of the Pennsylvania votes, when Romeny claimed 45%.

Voting Pattern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The state of Pennsylvania is considered to be the battleground during election. Since the election of Governor Milton Shapp in 1970, no other governor has ever lost his proposition for re-election. The follower's control of the governorship has also change between the Republicans and the Democrats (Lamis, 2009). The State Senate is controlled by the Republicans since 1995, on the other side, the State House is controlled by the Democrats since the elections of 2005, and they only lost their control in the elections of 2010 (Baer, 2012). However, the state has elected the democratic presidential candidate since 1992. Robert Bob Casey, Jr., son of former Governor Bob Caser, Sr., on November 7, 2006 defeated the two-term serving Republican Senator Rick Santorum with the margin of 58.64% casted votes (Lamis, 2009). It was first time in the history of the State that any Republican incumbent has lost with the large margin. And, it was also the first time that any Democrat was elected to a full Senate term from Pennsylvania. The 2012 elections were also the first that a Democrat has won any re-election to the U.S Senate.

Leaned Democratic

The recent elections showed that Pennsylvania has a leaned Democratic. The state has a habit to vote for ...