the creation of multi-party coalitions at the centre.[147] In the Republic of India’s first three general elections‚ in 1951‚ 1957‚ and 1962‚ the Jawaharlal Nehru-led Congress won easy victories. On Nehru’s death in 1964‚ Lal Bahadur Shastri briefly became prime minister; he was succeeded‚ after his own unexpected death in 1966‚ by Indira Gandhi‚ who went on to lead the Congress to election victories in 1967 and 1971. Following public discontent with the state of emergency she declared in 1975‚ the
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ABSTRACT In the contemporary world of today‚ elections have become the most accepted means of changing the government. Although history has shown that it is usually difficult to hold elections that are free and fair. But the importance of a good electoral act cannot be underestimated especially in a developing country like Nigeria where elections were reported to be marred by irregularities by foreign and local observers. It is on this basis that this paper critically observed‚ even with the electoral
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decades ago. The decline in political parties‚ in conjunction with accessibility of mass media‚ has led to the deterioration of internal party campaigning. As such‚ the party professional with their polling‚ surveys and other aspects of systematic elections research have replaced the party worker as the primary method of gathering campaign information. In the United States‚ political parties have responded to such weakness by utilising candidate centred politics‚ in which candidates mobilise their own
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Red dress-1946 is a short story from Dance of the happy shades (a collection of short stories) by Alice Munroe. It is about the great social pressures faced by the narrator‚ surrounding the chronological events that take place before‚ during and after a school dance. The ‘Red dress’ is the dress her mother makes her for the dance‚ when she would clearly like to buy one instead from a store‚ this suggests to us that she can-not afford readymade clothes which then leads us to presume she is of a lower
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Philippine Bar of Vicente D. Ching. The facts of this case are as follows: Vicente D. Ching‚ the legitimate son of the spouses Tat Ching‚ a Chinese citizen‚ and Prescila A. Dulay‚ a Filipino‚ was born in Francia West‚ Tubao‚ La Union on 11 April 1964. Since his birth‚ Ching has resided in the Philippines. On 17 July 1998‚ Ching‚ after having completed a Bachelor of Laws course at the St. Louis University in Baguio City‚ filed an application to take the 1998 Bar Examinations. In a Resolution of
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The 1964 civil rights act; Why did he sign? Could the desire‚ to gain political power‚ be enough to cause a respected‚ good hearted‚ political model‚ like Lyndon B. Johnson‚ to throw their morals at the window in order to win an election? Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) was hard-working committed politician from a small‚ humble place in central texas who found his way from a teaching mexican-american students‚ grades 5th‚ 6th‚ and 7th in Cotulla‚ Texas (“Politics or Principle” 405) to the U
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Electoral college is a process that is set up by our founding fathers in the constitution; it is a “compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens” (U.S Electoral College). Electoral college is an example of indirect democracy; therefore‚ we do not choose our president directly. Thus‚ electoral college is not democratic. Electoral college is a group of people appointed by each state‚ who formally elect the
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Electoral Systems in Turkey since 1923 and the Comparison of Current Electoral System of Turkey with France and Italy Since 1923 there have been several electoral systems took place in Turkish political process. When all of the elections considered there are three main types of electoral systems applied in Turkey. These are largest remainders method‚ highest averages method and transferable vote method. Within these main types of systems Turkey has experienced simple proportional representation
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Johnson who was a Democrat. During this election‚ the claws came out and the American people got their first taste of negative campaign ads. Each candidate decided to run malicious advertisements against each other even after Johnson became president after Kennedy’s assassination. His ads portrayed
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Raymondville‚ Texas‚ submitted changes in the location of two polling places to the Attorney General pursuant to section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Minorities believed that more minority election workers would decrease the amount of intimidation. In 1980‚ however‚ the number of minority election workers
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