The first article‚ “Electoral-politics and strategic Voting in State Supreme Courts‚” by Melinda Gann‚ has the theory that states supreme court justices vote strategically‚ especially in controversial issues‚ in order to appease their constituencies‚ in order to reelected. Even if the issue voted on contrasts their own personal beliefs‚ the justices will vote with the majority‚ especially closer to elections‚ due to electoral pressure. The data relevant to this theory draws from characteristics of
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------------------------------------------------- Anglicisation From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2007) | | Look up anglicise or anglicizein Wiktionary‚ the free dictionary. | Anglicisation or anglicization (see -ise vs -ize) is the process of converting anything to more "English" norms.[1][2]
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There has been much discussion about how mass media presents 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
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Oliver Elder Elder POLS 110 Why We Fight I believe that Americans feel the need to fight in order to spread their democracy and what they consider freedom. Americans invade other countries‚ get involved with their affairs‚ and in the end try to install their own form of government. For example: in Iraq‚ America invaded under the thought that they had W.M.D. and a threat the world. When in reality America sold them most of their weapons America took out Saddam Hussein and tried
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1 Introduction “Those who make peaceful change impossible‚ make violent change inevitable.” To a very large extent‚ elections and electoral practices shape the fate of the modern nation state. The reason for this is not difficult to establish. Elections provide the medium‚ by which the different interest groups within the modern nation state can stake and resolve their claims to power through peaceful means. Elections therefore determine the manner and methods by which changes in the social
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1. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that in April 2010‚ of all adult Americans‚ 139‚455‚000 were employed‚ 15‚260‚000 were unemployed‚ and 82‚614‚000 were not in the labor force. Use this information to calculate: a. the adult population = employed+unemployed+not in the labor force=237329000 b. the labor force = employed+unemployed=154715000 c. the labor-force participation rate = (labor force/adult population) x 100= 65.2% d. the unemployment rate = (unemployed/labor force) x 100=
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TITLE: ICT‚ Youth and Electoral Process NAME: ODEKANMI Benedicta OCTOBER 2010 “Great Nigerian Students … Great”. This is no doubt the way Nigerian Students in Universities‚ Polytechnics and Colleges of Education greet themselves in social gatherings and the likes. And they make a great number of the youths but who is a Youth? A Youth could be described as someone between childhood and maturity stage in his development. This implies a youth is someone
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Reflection on Presidential Candidate views I personally am a supporter of Barack Obama. My family is considered a middle class family and throughout my life‚ we have been democratic in terms of politics. I have four other siblings and all of us have or are attending college. We find education very important and with raising tuitions‚ this is one of my main concerns. Republicans would have tuition increased while Barack would frankly try to do the opposite and this is another reason he has
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According to the personality and connect questionnaire reports‚ it shows many aspects descripting my personality. Both reports give me important clues to understanding the way I see myself and is likely to enable me to make some prediction about my behavior in different situation. From the personality profile in-depth report1‚ in general terms‚ I see myself as open and receptive to a wide range of experiences and ideas. I like variety and change‚ interested in more abstract notions and concepts‚
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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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