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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...

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...

U.S. Government System's Legitimacy

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

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...

Significant Events in American History between the late 1950s and 2002

in the world, the nation that had not been directly or severely attacked by a foreign enemy since its founding was attacked (The H...

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...

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...

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 ...

Issues Affecting the 2012 Presidential Election

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The Election Division of the Secretary of State

In a paper of four pages, the author considers the nature of the Elections Division of the Secretary of State of the State of Main...

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...

2010: A NATIONAL TIDE?

two in the Senate. Cook, however, wrote his column when the bloom was still somewhat on the Obama rose, and before people began be...

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 ...

FDI Influences in India and Iraq

reduce smoking in India (Lamont and Yuk, 2010). However, this has been a controversial decision, not only was cigarette manufactu...

Zachary Taylor v Lewis Cass

was what Tatalovich (2010) calls a "blank slate" candidate, a candidate that could win the hearts of the electorate because he was...

The 2008 Election and the Mass Media

often said, no longer reports public opinion, it drives it. This paper considers the way in which mass media sets the agenda for d...

Fairness and Elections in Jamaica

the prime minister may request that the governor general call for elections sooner ("Background," 2011). There are two major polit...

An Overview of The 2000 Election

2000 president election entails a variety of issues that are crucial to understanding American presidential politics.1 This is due...

Was the Introduction of the Digital Economy Act 2010 Wise Legislation?

the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, it was also sponsored by the minister for Culture, Media and Sport; Be...

THE POLITICS OF JOBLESSNESS: HOW A HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CAN DERAIL A PRESIDENT

At the time of the election, the U.S. was in a recession with unemployment starting to tick upward. Clinton was able to focus on B...

Mass Democracy and Andrew Jackson

with Jackson, and this led to what became known as the "corrupt bargain" of 1824. Clay drummed up support in the House for Adams, ...

National Voter Registration Act or 'Motor Voter'

are in addition to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and do not allow any procedures that violate the original act. The 1993 legislati...

Causes of the Civil War and the Events That Characterized This Conflict

In fact, the movement was headquartered in Boston. This city was one that contained support for the freedom of slaves. The slave...

Overview of the US Watergate Scandal of the Early 1970s

This paper discusses the conspiracy and secrets that culminated in the Watergate election scandal that brought down President Rich...

Anthony Downs's Political Parties Theories

An analysis of American political parties, elections and party switching from the years 1980 until 1998 are considered within the ...

U.S. Third Political Parties

In eight pages this paper discusses why third party independent candidates have not performed well in national elections in the Un...

US Politics and the Decrease in Participation by Voters

in the presidential election. The 1924 turnout was the result of the sudden enfranchisement of tens of millions of women who hadn...

Election Campaign Contributions and the Need for Reform

In eight pages this paper argues that reforming the system of election campaign contributions is much needed with the year 1997 th...