STUDENT ELECTIONS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE INTRODUCTION “A 10% failure rate in Lebanese universities! What happened?” wrote the famous editor and write Khalil Hanna in one of the newspapers. He continued his piece talking about the elections in the universities. One can’t but ask those questions: Should university heads allow such event on campus? Are students benefiting from their university’s educational experience‚ or are they investing their time in preparations for elections‚ thus
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and can determine the outcome of presidential elections. The media has been accused of focusing on subjects such as the politician’s personal life and their characteristics rather than looking at the political issues of the election. The voter’s views can also be altered by political advertisements that do not focus on issues. This can cause the voters to believe that certain issues are important when in reality they are trivial concerns. Elections often become popularity contests because of the
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immediately preceding the election. No literacy‚ property‚ or other substantive requirement shall be imposed on the exercise of suffrage. III. Elections An election is a decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office. This is the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy fills offices in the executive and legislative branches of government‚ and could either be national or local level. Regular elections are those held regularly
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The 2016 presidential election will take place this November and with it brings a sense of renewal for some‚ and dread for others. Elections generate lots of hype‚ particularly because having a new president in office is generally exciting due to the ‘new’ factor. The excitement varies from good to bad‚ and this pattern is pretty consistent with past elections. There are certain outliers‚ however. One of the more recent elections‚ the election of 2000‚ caused a massive controversy‚ predominantly
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Over this election in 1828‚ it changed the history of voting in many ways! Over the years it changed from in the 1828 election only white men could vote‚ now everyone American citizen has the opportunity to vote. There was only one main party at the time‚ Andrew Jackson was representing the Democratic party‚ and John Adams was National Republican. Today’s election there is two main parties and that is Republican and Democratic. The election was based on the electoral college vote that had changed
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Agenda-Setting and the Presidential Election The agenda-setting function of mass media has largely been influenced by news coverage and the public’s view about the significance and the truthfulness of the stories covered by mass media. Some theorists have stated that news editors and anchors have a significant impact on determining the public’s views of social reality. Mass media has a huge influence on how people think and their perception of what they are reading or listening to . One of
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The Election of 1800 There have been fifty-eight presidential elections in the United States. Each election‚ significant in it’s own way‚ some more than others. The election of 1800‚ had particular significance‚ it alone brought forward a string of Republican Presidencies which changed the United States and set the stage for formal political parties. First of all‚ this was an election between the Federalists and Democrat-Repubilcans. John Adams was the Federalist President and his competitor
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Dr. Light English 102 12 October 2013 Revision of Presidential Election Process Being elected president is one of the greatest achievements of any president’s life. It is a lengthy process that supposedly calls on the citizens of America to cast their opinions through so called “votes”. However‚ the current system of the presidential election process allocates a certain number of electoral votes that is equal to the sum of U. S. Representatives and Senators for that state. Although not a state
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Elections and Voters by Cees van der Eijk (University of Nottingham) and Mark N. Franklin (European University Institute Florence‚ Nuffield College Oxford‚ and Trinity College Connecticut) Draft of December 2008 189 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface [1‚147 words] iii Chapter 1: Why elections? [9‚663 words] 1 Chapter 2: Studying elections‚ parties and voters [15‚134 words] 23 Chapter 3: Electoral institutions [15‚831 words] 59 Chapter 4: Voters and parties [15‚972
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