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Uses of Technologies in the 2008 Presidential Campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain

encourage the sharing of videos on YouTube and Brightcove (Yadav). Early in his campaign, Barack Obama acknowledged the importanc...

VOTING THEORY AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS - IS TACTICAL VOTING OK?

two authors is that concerns about "voter sincerity" when it comes to manipulation should be concerns - because one can tell the d...

What is a Real American?

of the good things the nation stands for and the good things that the nation does in the world. But, a good or real American is al...

House and Senate Battle in the 2002 Election

Senate meant everything to both parties but was particularly important to the Democrats, whose majority hung "by a frayed thread"1...

Analyzing the Gulf War Leadership of President George H.W. Bush

prices, cut the legs off of this machine. Iraq claimed that Kuwait had to be drilling diagonally across the border and tapping the...

Election Outcomes and Political Party Importance

but rather for the candidate who is most electable. For presidential candidates, the election campaign begins a long time before ...

New York State's Surviving Spouse's Right of Election

of changes were implemented and these are worth exploring. Before progressing deeper into the intricacies of New York Estate Law,...

A New Type of American Voting System

election officials; the fact that every election year millions of American citizens are effectively disqualified from the voting b...

THE MAKING OF A PRESIDENT: IDEAS AND ACTIVITIES FOR "SPIN"

be taken into account. 1) Medias impact on the voter. Its difficult to determine what influence the media actually has on ...

Are Good Leaders Likely to be Tall?

In 1924, 1970 and 1976 the US elections for president were not won by the tallest candidate, in the others the tallest candidate h...

Hispanic Americans

not hard to please" (What is a Mexican American?, 2009). They are also generally Catholics (What is a Mexican American?, 2009). Bu...

The 2008 Election and the Democratic Party

Party would witness a more even race and one where more voters had a say in the outcome. After a number of primaries and caucuses,...

The Skills Needed to Become President and the Skills Needed to Be President

last elections candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore. "We are steadily gaining in our ability to reclaim control of Americas dest...

2000 Presidential Election and the Case of Bush v. Gore

Because winning the state of Florida at that point of the game would determine who the next president would be, it was clearly a t...

Editor Michael Nelson's The Elections of 2000

In many ways it seemed to be an incredibly heated battle between the democrats and republicans as each vied, perhaps more powerful...

United Kingdom and Germany Electoral Systems

In six pages the UK and Germany are contrasted in terms of their different general election systems. Three sources are listed in ...

Critical Analysis of the First Past Post Process

member of Parliament, he/she has to gain more votes than anyone else in their district(Past the post 2002). This simple sounding s...

1997 and 2001 UK Labour Party Successes

win, however, this did not happen. Both Labour and the Conservatives were both surprised at the result. Neil Kinnock had been at a...

The Influence of Tobacco Money in U.S. Politics

gave more than $32.6 million in PAC and soft money contributions to politicians of both parties (Tobacco Interests, 2002). The rea...

Comparative Analysis of American and Haitian Governments

that the Bush/Gore election is still considered fraudulent by some. Who could have known that the election would ever be so close ...

US Societal Values and the Progressive Era

since the latter 1800s facilitated greater and greater industrialization. With that industrialization the ethic of hard work beca...

Electoral Process Advantages in U.S. Presidential Elections

the Constitution of the United States met in Philadelphia in 1787 for the constitutional convention they had already lived under a...

U.S. Government System's Legitimacy

and not establish mandatory arbitrary regulations which would deprive some citizens of their rights while affording additional rig...

Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt and Use of Satire

live up to its name with a great deal of glass, chrome and a lot of managers and executives with a great deal of attitude but few ...

Process of Electing American Presidents

the Electoral Vote (which is formally ratified upon completion of the election). The problem is, however, that based on this syste...

Reviewing the Political Party System in Canada

In eight pages this paper discusses the system operations, offers background information on the parties including policies and sup...

Failure of the American Family as a Sociological Model

In six pages this paper discusses the various issues that have undermined the American nuclear family as a failed sociological mod...

AFL CIO and Democratic Elections

In twenty pages the factors leading towards the AFL CIO's first democratic election are chronicled with a discussion of the Wagner...

Meso American Civilizations of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca

In six pages this essay contrasts and compares these early Meso American civilizations in terms of organizational, agricultural, r...

Theory of U.S. States' Rights

In five pages this paper examines states rights in a consideration of the 1798 and 1799 resolutions of Kentucky and Virginia and...