Why Did Obama Win the Election - Essay Example

In the US state of Ohio, there was great resonance between President Barack Obama’s arguments and those of the voters regarding the economic woes that America has experienced in the recent years as a result of the Bush government (“Fox News Exit”). On the national level, President Barack Obama’s campaign played a very important role in opposing the supposed war on women by Romney. This gained President Barack Obama heavy support of the female voters whereas Mitt Romney gained no more than a point from the 2008 performance of John McCain. In addition to that, President Barack Obama also approved of gay marriages in America understanding the fact that gays are growing in population in America. This gained him the support of the gay community as well and has contributed to his presidency for the second time.

            I personally think that President Barack Obama won the re-election fundamentally because he is black by ethnicity. The blacks in America have grown in population over the years and they see President Barack Obama as their own representative in such a prestigious institution as the government. Equality of races in America has been a growing concern since the end of slavery, but since then, the blacks’ rights have been subjugated at different levels, though not as overtly and openly as they were in the time of slavery. A vast majority of the black Americans voted for President Barack Obama because they did not want to lose their representation in the most powerful seat in America. The white Americans, on the other hand, were not quite as conscious about being represented in the government as the black Americans were because the former has always been more than sufficiently represented everywhere in America. So the white Americans primarily based their decision of voting between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on the basis of their evaluation of their individualistic strengths and weaknesses. Understandably, some white Americans did find President Barack Obama effective in his first presidency and thus voted for him. Thus, it was primarily President Barack Obama’s race that provided him with the edge over Mitt Romney that led him to become the president of America for the second time. Moreover, President Barack Obama played strategically and knew what are the fundamental concerns of the minorities in America e.g. legalization of gay marriages, etc. Giving his consent in support of such issues gained him more votes than he would have obtained otherwise.