Implications of the 2010 US Federal Elections

The last two years were characterized by President Obama and congressional Democrats implementing a significant part of their agenda. During the next two years, the President and Senate Democrats will be trying to preserve their achievements as the newly elected Republican majority in the House of Representatives tries to reverse them. Moreover, the composition of the new Congress is unlikely to override any presidential veto in 2011 to 2012. Thus, the combination of a split Congress and the threat of presidential veto will likely make gridlock the default option on major policy issues.

In alignment to be a presidential nominee, they have to proceed through the entire states endeavouring to win votes, winning this votes would make them a presidential nominee where they would have to face the president himself. Money is a very significant role in winning the presidential nominee and also the presidential seating, making conclusions with the cash are very important because it is very important to win the votes of people and also to win delegates.

Primary voters proceed to vote amidst a party's candidates. Your prime ballot is not really for the candidate but rather than for delegates carrying that nominee who moves the party conferences in august. Three types, shut prime only voters listed for that party can ballot, open prime don't have to be listed for a party to vote, voters select candidates but it is not attached to delegates election. Primaries are either victor take all or proportional representation. Not all states have primaries some have caucuses, meetings of party members in each neighborhood in a state or a certain might they hear speakers, discuss issues, support candidates and select delegates for those candidates. In the elections candidates need to lift cash in order for them to invert some of their money in the states. They have to do to try to win votes in that state. Candidates should be very cautious in how and where they spend their money.

Looking beyond 2011, it is worth noting that midterm elections are poor predictors of the subsequent presidential election. Of the three previous post-World War II presidents who lost at least one chamber of Congress in his first midterm, all won re-election. The state of the economy two years from now will be more important than any Congressional debates that occur in the interim.

Policy implications

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