their ballot from a remote terminal that is connected to the central database where actual processing of the ballot is done. Online systems have the advantage of providing convenience to the voter and reduce the time wasted in the queuing process at election centers. This paper describes a research carried out at TaitaTaveta University College‚ a higher learning institution in Kenya and the process undertaken to achieve development and deployment of a web based system topromote free and fair democratic
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control government through winning elections. 2. Plurality: the largest number of votes cast for the office 3. Incumbent: current officeholder 4. Splinter Parties: those individuals who have split away from one of the major parties 5. Major Parties: American Politics‚ Republican and Democratic parties 6. Bipartisan: two major parties find common ground‚ in this endeavor. 7. Electorate: the people eligible to vote. 8. Precinct: smallest unit of election administration; the voters in each precinct
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I am glad to have this chance to share my opinions about the 2016 presidential election with you. Hope you have will enjoy the reading. In 2016 presidential election‚ the competition was very intense‚ people were split in half for each candidate. Donald Trump became the president‚ and many people may asking how come he can win a professional politician? In my portfolio‚ I will include 2 essays to express my answer for this question. The argument essay[3M] is focused on why some people voting for
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Why Obama won the 2012 Election The American elections of 2012 was very competitive between the Democrat candidate Barrack Obama‚ who was the president then‚ and Mitt Romney‚ the Republican candidate. The campaigns and presidential debates were quite heated and as has been earlier mentioned‚ it was tight for each of them as polls clearly indicated that both Obama and Romney had more or less an equally high chance of winning the presidential elections. Demographics played a significant part in
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The presidential election in 2000 between George W. Bush and Al Gore was a close race‚ unfortunately for Al Gore‚ the election was not fair. When Florida voted the first time Bush won all 25 electoral votes‚ he won by 15‚000 votes. Palm Beach county in Florida demanded a recount because many citizens believed they voted for the wrong person due to the confusion of the ballot. The machine which counted the votes didn’t count correctly and somehow took away thousands of votes away from Gore and gave
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over 50%. Although Donald Trump poses a threat‚ I believe that on November 8th‚ voters will put their trust in Hillary Clinton‚ and she will become the next President of the United States. One reason why I believe that Hillary Clinton will win the election is because Donald Trump has slowly been self destructing‚ and his ratings continue to fall. According to POLTICO.com‚ in the week of July 22nd‚ 44% of Voters were planning on voting for Trump‚ while only 43% supported Hillary. The week of October
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text) 2. Attitude is a preference which relates to something very specific as: -An issue (abortion‚ death penalty war in Iraq) -A person (Bush‚ Obama‚ Boehner‚ Romney) -An institution ( Fed. Reserve‚ Congress‚ Supreme Court) -An event (2008 election‚ 9/11‚ Iraq War) (slide 7) 3. ideology is set of attributes that form a general philosophy about the role of gov. Generally we think of people as being either liberal or conservative‚ though in reality it’s a little more complicated than that
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It’s me‚ Charlotte. The 1996 Presidential Election was two days ago. The Democrat nominee Bill Clinton‚ won his second term. His Vice President candidate is Al Gore. He beat the Republican Bob Dole and Jack Kemp. Kemp is Dole’s Vice President candidate. Although Clinton got 379 electoral votes and Dole got 159 electoral votes‚ the popular vote looks much closer. Clinton got about forty-seven million votes and Dole got about thirty-nine million votes. I think that it is great that lots of people went
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Mission • • • • • • • • • • Mission of election campaign was 272+ seats in lok sabha elections Party aimed at garnering support from the low income groups because upper middle class has always remained with the party Party projected Narendra Modi as the Strong leader which catered to the people’s need of a strong leadership Shri Modi sold the idea of good governance which was accepted by the people Another Mission was to gain maximum number of seats in the areas with the decent foothold of the party
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During the election of 1860‚ Abraham Lincoln’s election had been seen as threat to the South because majority of the states had wanted to keep their institutions of slavery. South Carolina and 6 other states had first seceded from the Union in 1861 since they did not come to terms with Lincoln being president. Four more states had seceded following the Fort Sumter battle in 1861‚ joining the Confederacy. Although they had left‚ there had been four states that had remained in the Union which were
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