2. What is the author's purpose in including information about Mitt Romney's

presidential campaign in the article?

The author's purpose of including information about Mitt Romney's  presidential campaign in the article may be to show the political power of Mitt Romney.

Explanation:

Mitt Romney was a candidate against Obama for the presidential seat. Obama defeated Mitt Romney in 2012 presidential election, by winning 332 electoral votes to Romney's 206. Mitt Romney was a politician having strong financial condition. His net worth was $190–250 million in 2012 and for this reason he financed his own political campaign for presidential seat in 2012.

radioactive dating, also known as  radioisotope dating  is a process that in  estimating the approximate  age  of  rocks. these data can be analyzed from  the studies dealing with the  decay of the radioactive elements that are present in these rocks. in nature, there are a few types of materials or atoms which are quite unstable and they spontaneously decay or breakdown to form other kinds of atoms.

citizens get the vast majority of their political and governmental information from the media, which includes television, print journalism, radio, and now the internet. the media play an important role in connecting people to government.