Election

One of the things that i first noticed about the election was the constant negative comparison between Mccain and Bush. In nearly every district the announcer on CNN discussed, Mccain was underperforming as compared to Bush, which the announcer heavily focused on. It was here that I first began to believe that Obama was really going to win. Despite the fact that many of these districts were red, Obama was much closer to winning, and he was ahead in many of the key districts. Despite his very early behindness, Obama quickly jumped into the lead and stayed there, eventually defeating Mccain in the entire election. However, what really surprised me was the fact that Indiana voted democrat. I believe that this was a beneficial thing regardless of who one supports. Indiana consistently voted republican for decades, losing its vote for a candidate in a vote for a party. By showing that now it does not hold solidly to one party or another, we can have faith that our state is voting for the candidate it wants, and not just flying the flag of the grand old party and ignoring everyone else.