Recap of the 2001 Elections
Recap of the 2001 Elections
By Virginia being a Republican state, there comes no surprise that majority of the predicing winners for this year's 2001 Elections are republicans; except for Tim Kaine whis is running for Lieutenant Governor.
In the race for Governor, I predict that the winner will be Republican Mark L. Early; not only for the simple fact that he is leading in the polls as we speak, but for the fact that the public feels he is a well spoken man who is definitely not all talk. He carres himself well in public ans is not afraid got get the job done. As far as the issues of transportation. education, and crime are concerned, both Early and Warner agree on a lot of the same ideas; however, taxes was their main difference. Warner supports the idea that he will not raise taxes, wehreas Early supports the notion that he will actually further cut food and car taxes. As we all know, whenever the words "tax cut" is heard in a campaign ad, the public tends to sway more in the direction of that candidate, because it always means less for the average citizen to pay. In the end Earley, if elected, just has the better demeanor, desposition, temperament, tone, and chance of cooperating with the General Assembly to make the positive budgetary decisions relatie to an unsteady Virginia economy.
Time Kaine, the Democrat running for Lieutenant Governor, will win with his strong emphasis on public education. He wants to focus on the fact that a promise of furthering children's education was made and it should be met. Virginia is underfunding public education, so in an effort to make a change, Kaine hopes to enhance the public school funding from the state, further protecting public education money from going into private schools. Katzen, on the other hand, sponsored a bill that would have awarded $500 tax credits to people or businesses if they donated money to specially formed charitable groups that award scholarships to private school students. Not only would money have been scarce for the public school system, but he would have furthered prohibited the learning capacity of children; which obviously does not suit well for parents in today's society. So Kaine's proposal, in the long run, just makes better sense and the public is always looking for someone who can make logical sense out of problems.
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