米国大統領選挙のキーワード “change” の研究

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  • A Study on "Change" the Keyword of the U.S. Presidential Campaign in 2008
  • ベイコク ダイトウリョウ センキョ ノ キーワード change ノ ケンキュウ

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The election campaign of Democratic presidential candidates in 2008 was characterized by the term "change" in particular. The political, military and economic stalemates in 2008 originated in the United States allured American people, business world and politicians to hope for change, the need for change. The confrontation of Senator Barack Obama against Senator Hillary Clinton started in January: Obama made a slogan of "change we can believe in," and Clinton spoke of "change you can count on." Obama's audience chanted "Yes, we can," while Clinton's supporters chorused "Yes, she can!" Clinton said, "It's not enough to say 'Yes we can.' We have to say how we can." Then echoed "We will change. Change we will!" in the meetings for Clinton. The point was "Who's more electable?" At first, attention was directed to the choice of the first-ever black president or woman president. Soon Obama attracted new voters of the younger generation calling for a "generational change." He raised a huge amount of funds donated on the Internet. Ex-First Lady Hillary was regarded as part of the established political culture of Washington. She yet survived towards the end of June with the support of middle-class white workers and black people who backed former President Bill Clinton. The final decision of many superdelegates went to Obama. They concluded that Democrats needed the support of black people in order to get back the presidency in eight years since 2000. His oratory style similar to John F. Kennedy's in 1960 helped to make his image of "youth" and "change" work to realize the 160 years' dream of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. In this paper, I will illustrate collocations of "change" in descriptions of Obama's speech or movements as well as commentaries or opinions on his activities carried in The New York Times since his first usage of "change" in 2004, which was not used in the vague, abstract meaning. By doing so I intend to exam- ine the contents or fields of "change" and quality or degree of "change" in what he advocated.

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