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    2000 Presidential Election

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    Recounting the 2000 Presidential Election The movie Recount tells the story of the ballot controversy in Florida during the 2000 presidential election of George W. Bush vs. Al Gore. Recount was written by Danny Strong‚ directed by Jay Roach‚ and produced by Kevin Spacey. It is told from the from the perspective of Kevin Spacey as Ron Klain‚ one of Vice President Gore ’s lawyers. The film begins on November 7‚ 2000‚ the night of the presidential election. Florida is called for Governor Bush by

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    The topic I selected is on why American women vote in presidential elections. I would like to address the question as to why there is a gender gap between men and women voters? And which gender has a higher voter turnout? The gender gap has been an issue since the 1980’s‚ perhaps it just the sign of the times or the fact that women are just more concern with social issues or just more willing to vote. I choose this particular topic because I’m an American citizen that feels it is important that we

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    this time in the presidential election‚ we see many common concerns of people rising to the surface‚ jobs‚ women’s rights‚ education‚ taxes and healthcare. With voting trends beginning change and a new generation of voters taking charge‚ there seems to be a bit more depth than in the previous years. New concerns

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    Recently there has been a lot of controversy over the impending presidential election. What exactly qualifies someone to be president? Well a president needs to have a basic understanding of what is right from what is wrong. A president must be able to take responsibility for their actions and the consequences that may follow. The United States of America has high expectations for presidential candidates‚ each candidate should have existential qualities in order to fulfil their role as the president

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    The presidential elections are coming up and most of the people who decided to vote are not as satisfied with their two choices. The people of the U.S. wants a leader who knows they don’t have to be perfect‚ but desires perfection as a goal‚ a leader who puts country over party no matter the consequences‚ and who is genuine in their approach to all sides in reaching solutions‚ a leader who doesn’t just follow the letter of the law or the details of rules or what someone else did‚ but rather someone

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    It was the year 2000 and a new President is going to be elected. The Presidential race was between G.W. Bush and Al Gore. The race was awfully close‚ but Florida was still up for grabs. Whichever candidate wins Florida‚ wins the election. But was the election genuine? I feel as though the election was unjust. Since the vote was so close‚ with Bush leading with 1784 votes‚ Gore decided to concede. Before he was able to give his speech‚ his campaign workers stopped him just in time to remind him that

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    Agenda Setting Patricia Wigington Grand Canyon University COM 126 Introduction The mass media today‚ no longer reports public opinion‚ it drives it. This paper discusses how mass media sets the agenda‚ and what impact this had on the issues that emerged during the 2008 presidential election. According to Donald Shaw and Maxwell Combs‚ agenda is a theory to describe now the news media can have a considerable impact on shaping the publics opinion of a social reality‚ on influencing what

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    Saturation with the Case and the Agenda Setting Theory This paper looks at the influence of the media on the importance the public place on social issues. It seeks to consider the way media prioritizes topics and how the concentration placed on a particular issue makes it appear more important to the public than other matters. Such mechanism can be viewed in the light of the Agenda-Setting Theory which will be elaborated later

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    Winfred Graddick February 13‚ 2011 Com-126 Communication and the Media Professor Don Olsen Agenda-Setting of Mass Media When we look at the magnitude and the contributions the media has made to political campaigns‚ especially the recent presidential campaign we can see the agenda-setting function at work. We learn through the media the intent of the candidates while addressing the important issues of the campaign. The coverage through

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    Agenda Setting Theory

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    RINOs vs the Tea Party‚ Immigration‚ Obamacare‚ ‘War on Women’‚ ‘War on Christmas’‚ Drones‚ NSA surveillance‚ Climate Change‚ Paul vs Christie‚ Occupy Wall Street‚ Birtherism‚ etc. Global: Egypt‚ Snowden‚ Syria‚ Russian homophobia‚ the M23‚ Zimbabwe election‚ etc. R.S.A.: Judicial transformation‚ Spytapes‚ EFF‚ Seriti Commission‚ Farlan Commission‚ Dina Pule‚ ‘Poo Wars’‚ Nkandla‚ Vavi‚ Trade Union conflict‚ Xhosa circumcision‚ tribalism in the ruling party‚ etc. Due Date: 17h00 of 26/8/13. Length:

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