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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...

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...

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...

2 Constitutional Issues Involving the George W. Bush Administration

readily surmise that the campaign approaches might also differ from those of past elections. "The framers of the Constitution con...

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,...

Florida's Election Primary of 2002

one entity can be blamed for the continued problems which interlace South Florida elections, however. Indeed, the fault lies with...

NJ and NY Politics

true even though New Jersey is a much more conservative state. Still, the proof is in the outcome. Interestingly, New York had ele...

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 ...

Presidential Campaigns, Debates, Elections, and Coverage by the Media

the transition in regards to technology used by the media in regards to political events can be seen in Borgna Brunners timeline i...

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...

Voting Behavior and Religion

In ten pages this paper summarizes sixteen articles that consider how American voting patterns of behavior are influenced by relig...

Voter Turnout Variations in the Elections of 1998 and 2000

50.4 36.7 The above chart for New York shows the voting age population between 13 and 14 million for which registered voters...

2000 U.S. Presidential Election and the Electoral College

are serious questions in a very serious political situation - we are talking about the President of the United States, still refer...

Presidential Campaigns of 1932, 1952, and 1980 and Issues

Carter days. Most voters are cognizant of the economy. Two themes ran through the elections of 1932, 1952 and 1980: the economy an...

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...

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, ...

U.S. Presidential Elections of 1992 and 2000

In sixteen pages this paper contrasts and compares these two preelection conventions as well as the elections themselves. Twelve ...

Politics and the Influence of Radio During the Years 1920 to 1940

the airwaves these days. But for the times (and in examining the history), the radio rhetoric of the 1920s and 1930s was quite str...

Campaigns and Elections in the United States

are likely to look askance at such a person" (Allen, 1998, p. 22). Americans, while we realize that campaigns take money, like t...

Republican Party and George W. Bush

(which was considered the brash "newcomer" of the political parties during the mid 19th century), was a party that actually came o...

2003 Recall Election in California

set off a recall campaign.ix Both the state Constitution and the California election law spell out the administrative requirements...