The Last Chance

Today, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney play their last cards in the third and final presidential debate. Because of the events of last week’s debate, it can be said that there’s technically a tie after the two debates.

In this opportunity Obama is expected to shake the past and have an excellent presentation; the topic of the debate this time is foreign policy. In this area he has a lot of advantage over Mitt Romney because of the amount of information he’s handled over these past three years; therefore, he will have to give exact explanations of everything he’s done in that area.

Of course, Romney will make sure to trash every one of the president’s achievements, but he must take into consideration that proposals are also necessary to convince undecided voters and achieve the desired goal of 270 electoral college votes and the presidency of the Union — in Obama’s case, reelection.

After the debate, the candidates and their campaign teams will have to take into account each of the polls and analyses published and take corrective measures that will allow them, in the next two weeks, to reach those that aren’t convinced with a message about the two options they have.

Just as in the prior debates, social networks will play an important role, since it has been measured that American politics has recently been the most discussed topic on these sites.

This has been a complex and very difficult campaign for Obama, trying to get reelected for another four years. He’s taken costly political measures, but that’s helped him win respect. It sounds contradictory, but in my opinion, the president has managed to push forward.

Romney has criticized the current administration harshly, but he hasn’t been able to persuade voters with his proposals — and this is his last chance.