The NPR story that I analyzed last week was entitled “Romney
Needed More Conservative Issues” and the audio essay was basically two people
going back and forth about why Mitt Romney’s campaign ultimately led to his
failure. The man, who is a prominent figure in the Republican Party, was named
Robert Vigueri and he said that Romney did not fully connect with the
Republican voters because he did not explicitly talk about the issues that were
important to them; he claimed that Romney did not talk about issues such as
abortion, immigration, and healthcare. Vigueri also argued that one of the
reasons why President Obama won against his opponent was because the Democratic
Party decided to run a more ideological campaign which is why more voters came
out in support of him; people felt more of a personal connection to the issues
that were being presented by the Democrats and this helped President Obama on
election day.
I spoke to one ASU student named Roxanna Easley about the
article and this is what she had to say.
“I do agree with what
Vigueri said about that Mitt Romney and how he did not really develop arguments
on certain issues that could have helped his campaign. During the election
people were saying that the reason Florida took so long was possibly because
there is a large Latino community there that is a main deciding factor. Since
he did not really come up with a stance on immigration, it could have possibly
led to a Democratic swing”.
“I also agree with what Vigueri was saying about how the
Republican Party has to make itself more relatable to minorities and that the
reason why minorities usually vote Democrat is because they have more of a connection
towards the Democratic party and their ideals”.
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