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US citizens reflect on Obama's re-election

By Chen Boyuan: 0 Comment(s)Print E-mail China.org.cn, November 7, 2012

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Incumbent U.S. President Barack Obama has been re-elected. Obama's supporters, whose ballots have earned him four more years in the White House, share their opinions on why he won the vote yet again.

Mary Ellen Doyle, a 50-something Obama supporter, looked cheerful as she casted her vote at the United House of Prayer, a church-hall turned polling station in a southern suburb of San Francisco, California on November 6, the U.S. Election Day.

US citizens reflect on Obama's re-election

Mary Ellen Doyle, a 50-something Obama supporter.

Ms. Doyle did not mind telling the press she voted for "a continuation of the current administration." She explained how Mitt Romney's association with Mormon beliefs was already a reason why she wouldn't vote for him. Doyle, a protestant and former communist, noted that Mitt Romney would likely practice capitalist extremism if elected, and that was "not a good thing for the country."

Simultaneously, Doyle said that "Obama has the greatest possibility to bring about the most positive changes for the greatest number of people" in the U.S., based on what Obama has done over he past four years and what he has advocated during his recent election campaign. Joseph Taylor, an orchestra member and guitar teacher at the Galileo Academy of Science & Technology, said he voted for Obama because he wouldn't wish to see a more privatized education system as is the case in Romney's plans.

US citizens reflect on Obama's re-election

Joseph Taylor, an orchestra member and guitar teacher at the Galileo Academy of Science & Technology.

Obama has won a re-election despite a still sluggish economy. Taylor, like most of Obama's supporters, attributed the economic difficulties to the poor legacy left by George's W. Bush administration. "Bush destroyed our economy and Obama has been trying to bring it back," he said.

But he did note he was more concerned about the appointment of the Supreme Court Judges.

"If Romney became president, he would likely appoint more conservative judges. Our country is already too conservative right now," said Taylor.