I don't think it would be much different. Except the health care law would have been vetoed, we probably wouldn't be involved with Libya... because we would be fighting a ground war in Iran. I imagine McCain would have passed all the bailouts and stimulous ect... because that is what Wallstreet wants.. so the economy would probably be about the same.
Right now, conservatives exaggerate all failures made by the administration while liberals downplay them. If McCain won, the situation would be reversed. Not much would change.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.