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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A NATION OF NON READERS It is very important to develop our individual reading ability in our country. Not only on how to pronounce the words but also how to spell it in a correct spelling and if you can really understand the meaning of this words. Reading is one of the major problems in our education‚ it’s because people are lazy to read‚ and some are no reading materials at all. We are lack on reading materials that we used. If the government was focused on our education and if they give much
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Andhra Pradesh appears to be a source of never ending tamasha and the scheduled elections for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council is the latest source of entertainment for most us. The elections seem to be giving nightmares to every mainstream political party. There are allegations of cross voting‚ horse trading‚ political match fixing‚ poaching and it is rumored that political parties are spending crores of rupees for every seat in the Legislative Council. The Jagan factor‚ crisis in the Congress
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The big problems of the electoral system were particularly evident in the 2000 elections: There may have been significant discrepancies between the voter decision and the electoral vote; a candidate who obtains the most vote’s nationwide‚ does not necessarily have to combine the most electors. Al Gore won in 2000‚ the absolute majority of votes‚ but received fewer votes in the Electoral College as his opponent George W. Bush. Another disadvantage is the focus of the candidates on states where pollsters
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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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IN NIGERIAN ELECTIONS. The London School of Economics & Centre for Civil Societies defines Civil societies as a body of individuals carrying out collective action around shared interests‚ purposes and values. Civil society groups also known as non-governmental organisations commonly embrace a diversity of spaces‚ actors and institutional forms‚ they vary in their degree of formality‚ autonomy and power. Civil society groups include organizations such as community groups‚ women ’s organizations
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1940s and 1950s although there are many disputes on the “ birthplace”. 1951‚ in Memphis‚ TN at the Sun Studio‚ Rocket 88” by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats was recorded‚ which some say was the first rock and roll song. Of course several other cites have made this claim‚ including Wildwood‚ N.J.‚ where Bill Haley and His Comets performed the first song with “rock” in the title (“Rock Around the Clock”)in 1954; Ohio‚ home of the rock and roll hall of fame and Alan Freed who is commonly referred
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“ELECTIONS PER SE DO NOT AMOUNT TO DEMOCRACY”: EXAMPLES FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA” INTRODUCTION The democratic process in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is in a state of crisis despite the occurrence of elections. There seems to be a gradual‚ but dangerous reinstitutionalization of autocratic and authoritarian regimes clad in democratic garb (Adejumobi‚ 2000). Elections are supposed to be a hallmark of democracy however in SSA dictatorial regimes are also holding elections resulting in their abuse and a
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With presidential elections coming up‚ many have wondered what our new president will be focusing on after their presidency. Whether it’s Trump or Cinton they should both focus on the same things. There are many problems that the new president should focus on or revise. This does not mean that our current president should wait for the next elections either. Actions need to be taken now or we might not have a stable country.The main three things we should focus on ‚ Isis‚ Illegal Immigrants‚ and Debt
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Political front runner Barack Obama won the presidential election. During this time‚ America had swayed into a recession which the economy suffered massive cutbacks and drowning in debt. America was also at war currently with Iraq which stirred up many other problematic issues to come about during this year. The media was and still is the main door way to the public to address these issues. The agenda setting function during this year I believe was used during to 2008 presidential campaign to help Barack
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