Bush`s being president?
2006-11-18 14:07:32 · 6 answers · asked by halo 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Obviously you are not in the United States. The elections that just took place were the mid term elections, and not the presidential election. Bush is still the president through 2008. What changed in this election was that now there are more Democrats than Republicans in the Senate and congress. It was the opposite before the election. But after only one week, the Democrats are making fools of themselves, as usual, so it is possible that in 2008 we will have a majority of Republicans in both hoses and another Republican president. Capisce?
2006-11-18 14:30:44 · answer #1 · answered by mammabecki 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You obviously live in a country that uses a Parliamentary type of government, in which a change in party control of the Parliament would get you a new Prime Minister or President.
That is not the case in the United States. Here, the President is elected for a four-year term, but members of the House of Representatives are elected for only two-year terms. So there is always an election for the House midway through a presidential term. Also, our Senators are elected to six-year terms, with one-third of them being elected every two years.
Thus, the recent change in the majority party does not bring about a change in the Presidency. We often have a situation where one party controls Congress and the other controls the White House, and even the two houses of the Congress can be split.
2006-11-18 23:29:57 · answer #2 · answered by Chredon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were the midterm elections, sonamed as they occur durind the middle of a presidential term (4 years). The elections mainly deal with Governor and Congressional races. These are key as much state policy is dependant on the Governor and more importantly on a national basis as the Congress (the Huse of Representitives and the US Senate) create the policies and laws that govern the nation. Unfortunately, the only affect this will have onthe already lame duck President is he will no longer be able to count on having hi people pretty much waive through any legislation he wants. On the positive side, only 2 years left until Bush is gone :)
2006-11-18 22:12:33 · answer #3 · answered by famousevan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Democrats want to raise taxes but Bush will veto any attempt to do that.
2006-11-18 22:49:12 · answer #4 · answered by John16 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The changing of head s in the congress does not have any thing to do with running the goverment
2006-11-18 22:10:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no..
house and senate elections congress
2006-11-18 22:09:13 · answer #6 · answered by cork 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋