Blog 10

When you click on the “Issues” link on Chris Christie’s website it brings you to a page where there are a total of 9 issues at the top with a link to click on to go directly to the spot on the page he lays out his plan for the issue. The nine issues highlighted are:

- Criminal Justice

- Entitlements

- Foreign Policy

- Education 

- Economy

- Border Security and Immigration

- Healthcare for America’s Veterans

It comes as no surprise that criminal justice is the first link displayed because the overall theme and image Chris Christie wants to build an image of being a crime fighter and law enforcer since that is what he has been doing for most of his life.  Foreign policy is also up there high because with Isis threating America and our allies, it is going to be crucial for the next president to have a good plan for combating Isis and keeping America safe. Also, the amount of information on different subtopics in these two categories is much greater than the other seven issues.

Chris Christie's Issues Page

The opponent of Chris Christie’s I looked at was Marco Rubio and how his “Issues” page differs from Chris Christie’s. I like Macro Rubio’s more because he lies out his plan on some many more issues than Christie does. There were a total of 32 different topics under Rubio’s issues page and I think this is better for the public because one it is easy to navigate through and find the one you are concerned about and the odds of finding the issue you want to know about is likely because the page covers just about everything. Both pages are specific with the plans they have to fix the issues America is facing. Another difference between the two is Christie does not talk about gun control while Rubio talks about the issue and talks about his plan to protect the 2^nd amendment. One difference between Rubio and Christie is when it comes to immigration, Christie spent some time talking about his plan to punish companies that hire illegal immigrants where as Rubio did not touch on this subject. Compared to Marco Rubio’s page, Chris Christie’s “Issues” page is missing a lot of details about many issues and one of those being healthcare. Christie only talks about his plans for helping senior citizens with healthcare, but he does not talk about a plan he has for the rest of America, which I thought was very shocking to see.

Marco Rubio's Issues Page

After taking the time to really analyze Chris Christie’s “Issue” page to Marco Rubio’s, it is no surprise Rubio continues to rise in the polls where as Christie continues to be near the bottom.  Many people who visit the page, just like me now, will have many questions about how he will handle a variety of different issues because he did not cover a whole lot compared to Marco Rubio. Chris Christie needs to be more in depth and cover a larger variety of issues so America’s can understand what Christie’s agenda will be if he is in fact elected to be the next President of the United States.