to me he comes across as a fake politician," said Jonna. With a large number of young voters coming out this election season, those who couldn't vote still heavily supported candidates. "Sadly, I couldn't vote," said Zach, "but I support Barack Obama." Obama won by a margin of less than three million popular votes, but won by almost 100 electoral votes, which seems to be the Achilles heel for Republicans. In 2008 and in this year's election, Republicans could win many small states, but could not capture the states that were most significant in terms of defining the election. Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania were all paramount states that Obama won. The only swing state that Republicans captured was North Carolina, which was not enough to compare to the large electoral votes in California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York. This election sparked widespread criticism of the bipartisan system, which is the Republican-Democrat party system that runs in America today. An increasing amount of people feel that the system just isn't working. "One thing I would want to change more than anything else in the election process is the lack of consideration for a third party," said James White (12). James, like other people who are tired of voting for either a republican or democrat, decided to vote against the traditional bipartisan system and vote for a third-party candidate. "I voted for the libertarian party; Gary Johnson," said James. Over the next 4 years, Obama faces an uphill battle with the economic