{"id":1895,"date":"2012-11-04T18:20:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T17:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2012-11-04T18:20:42","modified_gmt":"2012-11-04T17:20:42","slug":"us-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/04\/us-election\/","title":{"rendered":"US Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daylife.com\/image\/04xcfKUdSW3wG?utm_source=zemanta&amp;utm_medium=p&amp;utm_content=04xcfKUdSW3wG&amp;utm_campaign=z1\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison ha...\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/150x108.jpg?resize=150%2C108\" alt=\"PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison ha...\" width=\"150\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Presidential Candidates Barack Obama (L) and Mitt Romney.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">the US<\/a> goes to the polls to elect their new president. It shall either be <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Barack Obama\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barack_Obama\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama&#8217;s<\/a> second term, or <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Mitt Romney\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitt_Romney\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Mitt Romney<\/a> taking over the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"White House\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From a British perspective, we know very little about Romney and, to be fair, Obama has been relatively anonymous to us as <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"President of the United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">President<\/a>. Time will tell what the American people decide.<\/p>\n<p>However, with education being such a huge part of my life, this infographic really appealed to me!<\/p>\n<p>The cost to elect a President.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.degreejungle.com\/guides\/the-cost-to-educate-a-president\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cost-to-educate-a-president-600px.png?w=600\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.degreejungle.com\/\">DegreeJungle.com<\/a> The Cost to Educate a President<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2012\/10\/prweb10065802.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/122410921_80_80.jpg?w=1165\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2012\/10\/prweb10065802.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Maven Presidential Tracker: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney Locked in a Dead Heat with One Week to Go<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; 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list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/obama-romney-tied-three-days-election-162434758.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/123216585_80_80.jpg?w=1165\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/obama-romney-tied-three-days-election-162434758.html\" target=\"_blank\">Obama and Romney tied three days before election: Reuters\/Ipsos poll<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2012\/11\/04\/1154799\/-500-reasons-to-vote-against-Mitt-Romney-and-for-Barack-Obama\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/123357972_80_80.jpg?w=1165\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2012\/11\/04\/1154799\/-500-reasons-to-vote-against-Mitt-Romney-and-for-Barack-Obama\" target=\"_blank\">500 reasons to vote against Mitt Romney and for Barack Obama<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=1165\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the US goes to the polls to elect their new president. It shall either be Barack Obama&#8217;s second term, or Mitt Romney taking over the White House. From a British perspective, we know very little about Romney and, to be fair, Obama has been relatively anonymous to us as President. Time will tell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,26],"tags":[367,1516,2011,2209,2403,2429,2430,2587,3130,3144,3242],"class_list":["post-1895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infographics","category-politics","tag-barack-obama","tag-infographic","tag-mitt-romney","tag-obama","tag-politics","tag-president","tag-president-of-the-united-states","tag-romney","tag-united-states","tag-us-election-2012","tag-white-house","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6OeSW-uz","jetpack-related-posts":[],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}