PBL-election 2008: How everything fits

Sunday, November 9, 2008

How everything fits

Well...as you can see I searched and did biographies on every candidate. For someones background can tell us a lot of their views and how they will run the country. I also interviewed the one person from the public on the election and various aspects of it. I made two different colleges one representing the Rep. and the other representing the demo. Visual literacy helps look at things from different perspectives. I analyzed each candidates basic platform. Therefore we wont judge people by their appearance. I created graphs and tables from swing states to predict who would win that state by who has the most consistency. I identified the main political science issues and who stood where. I also constructed various political cartoons showing the progression of the race and the economy during the race.

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Political Cartoon #1

Due to the current economic crisis the U.S. treasury is throwing billions of dollars into large corporation furthering the U.S. into a larger debt. For example, this cartoon depicts a man talking to McCain saying “Sir, you’ve got to get on top of this economic crisis…FAST! Before your running mate starts to field dress it.” This shows how Palin will ruin the economy even further, because she is young and inexperienced and thinks she is doing the right thing when actually she is making it worse. This cartoon also depicts Palin on top of a bull, representing the dead economy. This further shows how Palin thinks she is fixing the crisis, when in actuality she is just making it more of a mess. If we have a wrong political candidate doing the job incorrectly, then that makes the crisis works.

Political Cartoon #2

The current election is all about change, and how the candidates different from the “classical” presidents. For example, this cartoon shows an African-American boy saying how there is an “African-American in the race,” and a young girl saying that there is also a “dynamic woman” running. This shows how each party has something different about their parties. This cartoon also depicts a young boy saying “And the only white guys running have senior citizen discounts.” This further shows how the Republican Parties elected president has not changed, and remains the same stereotypes: male, elder, and white. John McCain fits these stereotypes for a president; therefore he is not getting as much as an advantage as Obama.