Which of the Following Helped Account for President Obama's Re-Election

question 36

Multiple Choice

Which of the following helped account for President Obama's re-election over Republican Mitt Romney in 2012?

• A) The Supreme Court upholding government limits on political expenditures by corporations, unions, and advocacy groups in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission (2012).
• B) The multiracial coalition that supported Obama and the Democrats, particularly Latinos, had grown demographically in electoral importance by 2012.
• C) Mitt Romney ran as a moderate Republican, blurring the political differences between Obama and himself, making the contest a personality-driven contest.
• D) Political and economic equality ceased to be a central theme of the 2012 election.
• E) None of these choices are correct.