As the controversy builds over anything and everything relating to Barack Obama, many Republicans have come to believe that their party will prosper as a result.This definitely was true in last year’s midterm elections, which had record low turnout rates, but the upcoming presidential race will be a different story.In November 2012, as ballot returns were trickling in, television host Bill O’Reilly remarked that America is a changing country. This was in reference to the fact that an increasing number of people are dependent on direct government assistance - 49.1 percent in 2011 versus 30 percent in 1983.Combine that with the unremarkable assertion that people tend to vote their pocketbooks, and you have increasing voter support for candidates who promise to continue and expand that assistance.Exit polls showed that 20 percent of voters in 2012 had an annual income below $30,000. Sixty-three percent of those supported President Barack Obama, while 35 percent went for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.