Ngelixa bengabuyelanga apho babekhona xa wayeqala ikota yakhe yesibini, u-Obama utsala malunga nabalandeli abaninzi njengabagxeki ngoku. Amashumi amane anesine eepesenti ayavuma kwaye i-41% ayamkeli umongameli, amanani angatshintshanga ukusuka kuJanuwari, kwaye anyuke kancinci ukuwa kokugqibela. U-Obama wenza kakuhle ikakhulu phakathi kwewaka leminyaka (iipesenti ezingama-59) kunye nabangengabo abamhlophe (iipesenti ezingama-67), amaqela amabini axhomekeke kakhulu kwinkxaso kulonyulo lwakhe.
Kwinqanaba likazwelonke, iindaba zoqoqosho zilunge ngokungabikho kwemisebenzi kunye nokukhula kwemisebenzi ngakumbi. Abantu bajonge kumongameli wobugosa boqoqosho, kwaye iingxelo zoqoqosho ezisempilweni zibonisa kakuhle nakowuphi na umongameli. Izinto ezintsonkothileyo, ewe, ngumgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle kunye nokwenza ntoni malunga ne-ISIS, uthethathethwano ne-Iran malunga nenkqubo yenyukliya, kunye nokuhlaselwa kweRussia neUkraine. Ezi ngxaki ziqhubekayo ngokungathandabuzekiyo zivusa uluvo loluntu kumongameli waseNew Jersey, utshilo uKrista Jenkins, umlawuli wonyulo.
Kananjalo, kanye njengokuba abavoti beqonda ukuba urhulumente ukhokelwa ngokungalunganga, isiqingatha sithi ilizwe lihlelele umkhondo ongalunganga (52%) ngaphezulu kancinci kwisithathu (37%) abakholelwa ukuba sihamba ngendlela eyiyo.
IYunivesithi yaseFairleigh Dickinson yaqhuba uvoto lwama-790 ababhalise eNew Jersey ngomnxeba ngeefowuni zomhlaba kunye neeselfowuni ukusukela ngoFebruwari 23 ukuya ngoMatshi 1. Umda wempazamo +/- 3.5 yeepesenti.
