A quest for change

Both Democrats and Republicans are now competing for the mantle of change, which is stated to have emerged as one of the early thematic battlegrounds of the US November presidential elections. The battle is especially significant at a moment when polls show that a sizeable majority of Americans are unhappy with the state of their nation’s affairs, says a political analyst. An overwhelming 69 per cent of the voters said major changes to the country’s political and economic system were needed — or the system needed to be torn down completely, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll this spring of battleground states.