2008 Election Strategy

Introduction

The United States of America presidential election of 2008 , scheduled for November 4 2008 will be the 56th consecutive four yearly elections for President and vice President . The elections will occur at the same time as those of senate , House of Representative as well as many local elections .It will be the first time since 1928 that the presidential elections are carried out without an incumbent vying

There are two main parties which are vying for the elections these are the democrats and the republican .Each party has its own strategy

to win the elections

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Republican Strategy For 2008 Elections

Terrorism is a major republican strategy for the 2008 general elections As a result of this the republicans have tried to remind the voters that the world is a dangerous place to live in . In Bhutto 's assassination the aides of McCain who is the republican presidential candidate have tried to prove to the voters that there is need to have a strong national security framework and this can only be provided by McCain (Maya Nellian G (2008

The republican task of regaining the majority seems easier in a narrowly divided senate . In 2008 , 22 of 34 seats up for elections are held by republicans with only 12 seats to be defended by democrats . To regain majority , in both the senate and House of Representatives , the task is conducted by national Republican congressional

Committee (NRCC ) for the congress and national republican senatorial committee (NRSC ) for the senate (Goldstein , Michael L (2004

The racial aspect plays an important role in shaping up the USA campaigns and eventual general elections . The Republicans have always been getting support from the white population .This is one of the strategies that the republicans may use especially when there is a black democratic contender . It is always said that the whites mostly vote for the Republican and the blacks vote for democrats .Gender issue is also going to play an important issue since Hillary Clinton is the first female to contest the USA presidential election .The Republicans may use this to portray her as a weak candidate .Also the Republicans may use the fact that her husband was a president and so try to woo voters away from her by proving that the presidency is not a monarchy affair (Kuhn David , Paul (2007

The republican strategists are digging into democrats presidential contestant 's habits and as a result they are coming up with negative ads which are revealing the activities of their opponents . These activities include the Business deals , how they remit taxes and those who evade taxes , family life , scandalous affairs .These are aimed at discrediting their opponents so that they may lose appeal to voters .Also the aim of these ads is to shift the attention away from Iraq which is one of the major roadblock against the Republican election victory . An example of these negative ads is that which labeled a Democratic candidate in Wisconsin Dr Millionaire ' and indicated that he...