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    Liberia’s 2017 election is set to be the first democratic transfer of power in decades (Pailey 2017). The election came after Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former president, was unable to run because of constitutionally mandated term limits. The pool of candidates shrunk from over one thousand to three top candidates recently, with the runoff election being postponed for the time being. The three candidates to remain are George Weah, of Weah’s Coalition for Democratic Change, Joseph Boakai, Vice President

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    Political elections, especially presidential elections have many variables that influence the voters when they go to the polls. Many researchers use various methods to figure out all the possible outcomes of the election and what the voters are looking for in a particular year. This year has been unique because of the different personalities that the candidates own. This new diversity has caused researchers to revise their tactics from earlier years. Also, negative political ads for this election year

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    Shrestha Nitesh Shrestha GOVT 2306 Sherry Sharifian 20 November 17 Responsibility after Winning As I was running on the election for Texas House Representative, I used media and celebrity personalities to advertise myself and negotiate with many lobbyists and interest groups for funding. Now, if I win the election, I have the responsibility to develop my district and work for the prosperity of all my district people. If I am elected for the house representative, I would like to choose Business and

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    As election season draws closer, we see the candidates debate more and more. These debates are a huge part in the elections, but, there is another debate that has had the hot seat since the 2000 election of Gore and Bush. In 2000, Democratic candidate Al Gore won the popular vote across the United States, but, more controversy was created by the Republican candidate George W. Bush winning the presidential election because he surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to win. An outcry arose from all

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    successful officer, one needs to take concern on various aspects such as running for elections, organizing campaigns for publicity, building offices, utilizing available resources and maintaining the balance between funds and expenses. The amount of money spent by the candidate is not the only factor to get elected which means that the candidate who spends a large sum of money doesn’t necessarily win the election. Sometimes, the candidates who spend small sum of money also get elected whereas sometimes

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    In this Presidential Election, the Republican Party is a disadvantage in Florida due to the large concentrations of voters in major cities. The majority of the state votes for the Republican candidate, but big cities like Miami, Orlando, and Tampa always seem to vote for the Democratic candidate. In the 2012 election between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, Mitt Romney won all but thirteen counties but lost in majorly in the urban areas where Barack Obama won an astonishing number of the votes. For

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    Limbu 1 Limbu 7 Man Kala Limbu Sherry Sharifian GOVT-2306-71001 10/27/2017 Campaigning for the election I am running for the Texas Senate district 16 against my opponent Don Huffines who is Republican and extremely conservative. I have an ideology that matches with liberal democrat and I truly support equality and freedom. In this election; I am standing for providing quality education to the children and young people of my district, I am fighting against the poverty and also fighting for the property

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    Did you vote in the last election? Do you know anything about the people who were running? One of the main reasons why so many Americans don’t vote is because they think that their vote doesn’t matter or won’t make that much of a difference. The reality is this is not true, the lack of understanding also plays a role is why some people just don’t vote. After all, the next president doesn’t just get picked overnight. The process is very long and complicated, it includes three major issues which are

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    won the presidential election beating Al Gore, who had won the popular vote. This election is one of the most contested in this century. The same election is also an example of the United States Electoral College voting system in action. The Electoral College permits a candidate to win a presidential election without winning the popular vote. The American campaign and election system can be broken down into three significant parts, the nomination, the campaign, and the election. Each portion of the

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    1965 Election Elections

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    electorate voted in the 1968 presidential election (Nicholas, 1969), while only 58.6% voted in the 2012 presidential election (Kernell et al., 2016, p. 450). Although national voting rates in 2008 and 2012 were lower than historical rates, voting rates among minorities were at an all time high. This suggests that there is an inverse relationship between national voting rates and minority voting rates, at least in the context of the 1968, 2008, and 2012 elections: if one rate rose, the other fell. Further

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