Obama's New Pen Pal

President Obama received to letters from a ten year old girl who has two same sex parents. She has two father figures in her life and she wrote to Obama thanking him for his position on same sex marriages. She told him how kids at her school make fun of her two fathers saying it is gross that they love eachother. He wrote back to her thanking her for her appreciation for having him as President. She said she thginks he makes a great President. Obama also mentioned how no two families in America look alike. There is so much diversity in this country, that is something to be proud of. It is refreshing to see Obama giving psotive encouragement to his young supporters.

How women played a role in the election

The 2012 election was incredibly close as far as the numbers went. This election had Americans on the edge of their seat the entire time. When looking at the numbers it is extremely easy to depict who helped Obama take lead in the end. An incredibly large amount of his voters were women. They were the ones who determined who would win this election. We see now that 44 percent of the votes in ohio( the state who in the end determined the winner) came from women. It is now very visible that women can completely sway important events like this in politics. They have been the ones to determine who the winner is. A record 20 women will be holding seats in the us senate next year.