Post by account_disabled on Mar 11, 2024 22:32:58 GMT -5
For those who find politics “a pain in the ass”, it's time to try to change your mind because nothing is more current than the North American elections that are approaching to put an end to the Bush era. We know that by knowing a little about the candidates for a seat in the White House, we will also get to know the person who could lead the way for the rest of the world. It's easy to know that we have to root for a candidate who has more affection when looking down here, in South America.
Here we will follow a little more closely the trends and differences Special Data between some candidates and the history that each one is building during their campaign. Today you learn a little more about the main Democratic candidates: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Hillary's mistakes
At the beginning of her campaign (a month and a half ago), Hillary had a 20-point lead over the other Democrats. She now has ten points less than Obama. To understand what happened, her advisor prepared a list of the main mistakes at the beginning of her campaign, in order to transform them into successes (or close to it).
1st error: Idea of inevitability. Hillary's team believed that the senator's victory on Super Tuesday was inevitable. For this reason, they misused the money they had in a short campaign, which they believed would be decided on February 4th. Now it’s time to roll up our sleeves and start again with work that should only end in the last week of August in Denver, Colorado.
2nd error: Lack of organization. Clinton's office will have to get more volunteers for field work. Because she didn't do this sooner, she lost votes in several states that use the caucus system (get it) .
3rd error: Lack of image planning. After she lost in Iowa, Hillary had to change her strategy. She started answering questions from the audience, became closer and more emotional (even coming to cry). The change was worth the victory in New Hampshire, but after losing to Obama on Super Tuesday, it changed again: it started to be more aggressive in TV and radio ads, talks a lot about the differences between itself and its rival and expanded its speeches. “do x talk”. Now, she only participates in rallies with audiences larger than ten thousand people (to give the impression that she can compete with Obama's mega-rallies).