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Media Influence on Elections and Policy

a long election, and continued to be so" (Butler, 2006). The media reported this and then repeated it throughout the night. They...

The Polish Free Elections and the Breakup of the USSR

control over the military.1 Thus, the nation faced dual rule, and was (and remains) in transition. This is relevant to our questio...

Comparison in Politics

other on the real issues. Both promoted remaining in Iraq for the duration; both maintained that "something" has to be done about...

Designing a New Political System

can stand for election, telling the electorate what they stand for any their policies. The electorate will then vote for the perso...

Opinion Polls and Public Opinion

opinions polls recorded was a straw poll in 1824 that was undertaken on Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. This was a political opinion a...

Bush v. Gore and the Electoral College

the problems that cropped up during this time prompted people to re-examine the electoral college and its relevance in todays day ...

Elections Which Have Made History

capturing a majority of the popular vote in 15 northern and western states" (Schofield, Miller & Martin, 2002). There were three ...

Issues and Compromises During the American Civil War

of slave states and free states. A compromise was worked out regarding the admission of Missouri to the Union. The Missouri comp...

2008 Election Issues

who had used the Internet more effectively and why. Almacy believes that both candidates had done a good job using the electronic ...

AMERICAN HISTORY: AN OVERVIEW

having to serve it. These days, of course, television is very much ensconced in the fabric of our lives, with most homes having at...

Organizational Theory And Unifying A Nation

details about the exact smears that were used.] Another of the differences with the 2004 election had to do with information tech...

John Edwards: An Overview of a Presidential Candidate

("John Edwards for President," 2008). In his Native Son advertisement, he talks about his upbringing, and how he will not forget a...

An Outline of Religion in the 2000 and 2004 Elections

Votes by religion: Bush: 56% Protestant, 62% white Protestant, 68% Evangelical, 53% mainline, 47% Catholic, 52% white non-Hispanic...

Ageism and the 2008 Presidential Elections

differing by only around a decade or so. Grover Cleveland was President in 1908 and he was 47 years old (Scholastic.com). William ...

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...

The Role of Religion in the 2008 Presidential Campaign

the are hungry for a pragmatic, much less ideological, approach to the problems the country confronts" (Daniel and Holladay). Th...

Life and Times of Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin was educated in schools in Georgia that were segregated (Nobelprize.org, 2009). He graduated high school when he was 15 and...

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...

American Politics: The Detrimental Effect of the Primary Election Rules

30 days with the party of their choice before pulling the lever. One can see that if Limbaughs strategy was carried out to success...

The 2008 Presidential Election

included for quite some time, two front runners who were each minorities in their own right. If Hillary Clinton won, she too would...

Presidential Nominees Barack Obama and John McCain: Similarities and Differences on the Important Issues of Election 2008

W. Bush). In a May 2008 interview with David Brooks of The New York Times, Obama explained, "Its an argument between ideology and...

Election Research and Gender

gendered work has upon society in general. Political elections provide a microcosm by which to illustrate this phenomena. ...

Political Analysis and the Machiavellian Archetype Tool

on how to interpret current political phenomena." Yet, in doing so, the creation of an archetype is quite helpful. In fact, Wolin ...

US Presidential Elections of 1920, 1940, and 1950 and the Role Global Issues Played

pledged to render the election a "solemn referendum" in respect to the Treaty and League of Nations in the hopes that the popular ...

1920 to 2000 US Presidential Elections and the Importance of the Home States of Vice Presidential Running Mates

Source: Data compiled in part from The 45 Vice Presidents web site. In other words, if the game is about the electoral vote, ...

Slavery and the Causes of the U.S. Civil War

Ordinance was one of the earliest reflections of the importance of the issue of slavery in this nation. There were many more refl...

Running for the US Presidency

the two main parties are able to vote in these races (1996). In some states, non-registered members can vote too. In general, the ...

Late Twentieth Century History and Politics of Chile

of reasons, would spin into an economic plummet. One of these reasons was the collapse of the nitrate market, a market which has...

Medicare, Health Care Issues, and the Presidential Election of 2004

that gives patients more options while maintaining fewer requirements (McKelvey, 2004). It is something that should strengthen the...

Popular News Commentary and Statistics

middle class is actually doing pretty good and that the increase in alarming statistics is due to the continuing wave of low-inco...