Please post your thoughts in detail ( I want detailed analysis including but not limited to percentages of which voters voted for whom by critical states in order to earn maximum points- you need to break down voters by age, gender, race, ethnicity, state, income, etc) Be very detailed in your discussion.
The presidential election of 2000 and the presidential election of 2004 were both remarkably similar and in obvious ways very different ( a new candidate, new campaign themes, etc.). Discuss the several ways the campaigns (2000, 2004) were very similar and how the great rift and civic divide remaining from the 2000 election in American politics failed to be healed or addressed by the 2004 campaign ( and continues to this day).
Also discuss the elections of 2008 and 2012. How are they different and the same as previous 2000 and 2004 elections ( much more than we elected an African American president)? Again analyze these elections and determine similarities and differences. How did the trends of 2000 and 2004 again occur in these elections or did not occur?
These elections show a deepening of the fragmentation of American Politics. A fragmentation that has deep roots in the formation of the country, civil war, world wars, the depression and the civil rights movement and Vietnam struggles as well as the impact of he economic system and world views..
Finally discuss the election of 2016 and discuss how this election contributed to the ongoing great divide and how this fragmentation of the electorate and citizens has increased. What does this mean for the United States policy making process. You can also include the 2018 mid term elections and what they mean.
There are several parts to this analysis and your effort must include analyzed data and several sources and the analysis needs to be extensive. This is also a major board.