Demographic Change In The Year 2002: Film Analysis

demographic change in the year 2002. The films main protagonists are Republican incumbent Rick Green and Democratic nominee Patrick Rose, who run against each other for House Representative of District 45. It also followed the race for Governor between Rick Perry (R) and his opponent Tony Sanchez (D).
Rick Perry (R), former Lieutenant Governor who assumed the governorship in December of 2000 when George W. Bush became president, ran his campaign for Governor with the full support of President Bush and much of the republicans in Texas soon followed. Even though Rick Perry didn’t have as much of a budget as his opponent, he still managed to spend $24 million on his campaign and administer a devastating blow against Tony Sanchez and his trustworthiness

Most Democrats believed that Tony Sanchez was a great candidate and representative for the minorities and would bring out a historical demographic voter turnout. Sanchez spent a total of $64 million, $59 million of which was estimated to be his own money, to become the first Hispanic governor of Texas (Last man Standing…). But, he lacked a great amount of experience and was even called boring by the media. And, to add insult to injury, his opponent released an ad calling Sanchez a “drug money launderer” which discredited his trustworthiness and almost any chance he had to sway any of the republican

Bush. Also because the he managed to portrait his opponent as a “drug money launderer” which proved to be effective in the race (Yardley). As for why Rose won against Green, Rose had spent more time reaching out to people and finding the time to go door to door to get his votes. He also used the media to bash his opponent and question his ethics while his opponent was already under scrutiny and lacked the sufficient amount of media coverage that he could use for a