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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The 2012 Presidential Election With the 2012 presidential election just around the corner‚ President Obama’s chances at reelection remain full of speculation and interpretation. Although Obama stands at the top of the polls‚ will he overcome his devastating poll decreases or will the Republican primary knock him out of office? In 2008‚ Obama was elected with 67% approval rating giving America hope to better the economy and other crises after the Bush presidency. Today‚ according to Gallup’s
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State”‚ has always had a big role for voting in the elections. According to the WEEK there a few reasons for that: Florida is a closed primary‚ they are more comparable to running a general election than most states‚ and they take a lot of delegates (WEEK staff 2012). The WEEK is a weekly British news magazine which also publishes a US edition. My goal in this paper is to explain why Florida holds so much importance. As we know‚ elections are not won by popular vote but they are won by gaining
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The election of 1860 was one of the most controversial times in American history‚ and there were only four main candidates. The candidates included Abraham Lincoln‚ who was a Republican‚ Stephen Douglas and John Breckinridge‚ who were Democrats‚ and John Bell who was a member of the Constitutional Union. All had a disagreement about the topic of slavery‚ which was an important issue in the colonies. Little did they know that this controversial topic would cause states to begin seceding‚ forming another
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Emory’s Merit Scholarship Essay “The future belongs to the discontented.” I agree with this quote because the future definitely does belong to the discontented. In my opinion‚ the discontented represents everyone. No one can truly ever stay content for long without wanting to better their current situation. Even the richest man in America‚ Bill Gates‚ still feels the need to change the future – his and the world’s. I think it is great that the future belongs to those who are dissatisfied‚ and I
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Abstract Many people living in the United States consider our government and its elections to be a model of inclusion and fairness. It is easy to take pride in our accessible and open election process‚ yet all too often people find themselves voting for the “lesser of two evils” in an election. Despite our devotion to the two-party system that effectively dominates American politics‚ our voting policy encourages apathy‚ prevents dissenting opinions from being expressed with efficacy‚ and grants
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regulation and the demerit point system are linked in driving to keep dangerous drivers off the road and keep the roads safe. The regulation is a part of the Highway Act of Ontario and has rules for the drivers that want to go beyond the law. The regulation is for racing. It does not matter the situation unless for emergencies‚ if you exceed the certain speed regulated to be considered racing‚ you will be charged. Therefore if charged under the highway act‚ the driver can and will lose demerit points. Both
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campaign‚ I discovered that the election process is not a cut and dry one. The Republican Party was clearly honest in their approach of gerrymandering and bragging as they gerrymandered congressional districts in blue states. They wanted to control how state legislative and congressional district boundaries would be drawn‚ so they set about to control the redistricting process. Therefore‚ even thou a majority of Americans voted for Democrats in the Presidential election… the Republicans ended up controlling
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McCarthy did not receive his party ’s nomination‚ which went to the Vice President Hubert Humphrey who had not run in a single primary. Despite losing the Democratic nomination at the convention‚ McCarthy ’s candidacy had a huge effect on the 1968 election and beyond. Eugene McCarthy never stood a chance of becoming president in 1968‚ but at the same time the minute he announced his campaign he mortally wounded one candidate‚ and an eventual candidate‚ Johnson and Humphrey. Eugene McCarthy was not
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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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