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political campaign
political campaign organized effort to secure nomination and election of candidates for government offices. In the United States, the most important political campaigns are those for the nomination and election of candidates for the offices of president and vice president. In each political party... Read more |
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Plurality
Plurality BIBLIOGRAPHY As a mechanism for deciding political contests, elections held under plurality rules have the great apparent advantage of simplicity. Plurality elections are most commonly used to elect one candidate for one position. When the number of positions to be filled is one, the... Read more |
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Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm 1924-2005 Politician, writer, educator In becoming the first black, as well as the first woman, to ever seek a major political party's nomination for the U.S. presidency, former New York congresswoman Shirley Chisholm demonstrated that aspirations for the nation's executive office... Read more |
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primary
primary in the United States, a preliminary election in which the candidate of a party is nominated directly by the voters. The establishment of the primary system resulted from the demand to eliminate the abuses of nomination by party conventions, which were often open to manipulation by party... Read more |
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electoral college
electoral college in U.S. government, the body of electors that chooses the president and vice president. The Constitution, in Article 2, Section 1, provides: "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of... Read more |
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Hunkers
Hunkers conservative faction of the Democratic party in New York state in the 1840s, so named because they were supposed to "hanker" or "hunker" after office. In opposition to them stood the radical Democrats, or Barnburners . The Hunkers favored internal improvements and liberal... Read more |
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William Albert Wirt
Wirt, William (1772–1834), Virginia lawyer and U.S. attorney general under Monroe and Adams (1817–29), was the presidential candidate of the Anti‐Masonic party (1832). His first book, the popular Letters of the British Spy (1803), was followed by other essays sketching... Read more |
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William Wirt
Wirt, William (1772–1834), Virginia lawyer and U.S. attorney general under Monroe and Adams (1817–29), was the presidential candidate of the Anti‐Masonic party (1832). His first book, the popular Letters of the British Spy (1803), was followed by other essays sketching... Read more |
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Exit Poll
Exit Poll HOW CONDUCTED PROBLEMS WITH U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY Exit polls are surveys based upon voter interviews immediately after they have finished voting. The exit polls play a significant part in media projecting election winners and their margin of victory. The polls... Read more |
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Buckley v. Valeo
...raised by candidates and others seeking to...congressional or presidential candidate in each election...dependence of candidates on large...On the other hand, expenditure...limits on a candidate's ... |
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Financing Political Speech
...following the 1972 presidential election provided...relative power of others was “wholly foreign to the...public subsidies for presidential candidates. But it...political parties and other groups were using...not only to assist ... |
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Socialism
...land, factories, and other means of production as...De Leon, fielded a presidential candidate in 1892, but he won only...1860–1929), and other defectors from the SLP...SPA's five‐time presidential candidate between 1900... |
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Sixties, The
...decade began with a presidential election in which Republican...Detroit, Newark, and other cities exploded in...running as a peace candidate in contrast to Goldwater...withdrew from the upcoming presidential race in March 1968...Kennedy's brother and a ... |
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Selection of Justices
...The process of presidential nomination, senatorial confirmation, and presidential appointment does not even...Constitution's “presidential power” blueprint, set...Reagan's subsequent candidate, Douglas Ginsburg...Jimmy Carter, on the other ... |
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Chase, Salmon Portland
...as a would‐be presidential candidate in 1860. The...had appointed four other justices along with...attainder, and denials of presidential pardons for rebels...unsuccessfully to become a presidential nominee (see Extrajudicial... |
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Miller, Samuel Freeman
...lay with antislavery Whig candidates. As proslavery sentiment...and supported Lincoln's presidential candidacy in 1860. Lincoln...refused to recognize its other guarantees. Miller voted...party leaders as a potential presidential candidate. ... |
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Humphrey, Hubert
...president, and Democratic presidential candidate.Perhaps the most...Humphrey and many others that liberalism and...Humphrey as his vice presidential running mate and...Humphrey's 1968 presidential bid.See also Anticommunism... |
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Nominations, Controversial
...judicial philosophy of a candidate. Professionalism includes...the Court to check the other branches. This occurred...both instances, the candidate's professionalism was at...political issues dominated presidential selection, they also...to block a ... |
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Van Buren, Martin
...Winning the 1836 Democratic presidential nomination, he defeated...Henry Harrison and three other Whig candidates.As president, Van Buren sought...in 1848, however, as the presidential candidate of the Free Soil party... |
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Congress of the United States
...duties), can initiate other bills, and must give...and approve senior presidential appointments, and...between the powerful presidential executive and determined...century elections, a presidential election were to result in no candidate ... |
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Yeltsin, Boris Nikolaevich
...Mayor). He became a candidate member of the Gorbache...also antagonized most other members of the party hierarchy...introduction of multi-candidate elections to the...constitution with wide presidential powers, which was...rebellious parliament on the ... |
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Romania
...retained power in the 1992 presidential election, having secured...1996 Iliescu was defeated in presidential elections by the CDR candidate, Emil Constantinescu. Social...gypsy 4.0%; German and other 1.0%Languages: Romanian... |
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Peres, Shimon
...Barak. In return, he was the Labour Party's candidate in the 2000 presidential elections, which once again he lost against expectations...The two veterans shared a mutual respect for each other. In 2002 he led the Labour Party into opposition... |
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Progressive Parties
...Theodore ROOSEVELT, polled more votes in the presidential elections than the Republican candidate, President TAFT. By splitting the Republican...Progressive Party, based on Wisconsin and other farm states, challenged the conservative... |
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primary
...carbon atom that is bonded to no more than one other carbon atom. ∎ (chiefly of amines) derived...delegates to a party conference or to select the candidates for a principal, esp. presidential, election. 2. short for: ∎ a primary color... |
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Scott, Winfield
...over the British at Chippewa in 1814. For this and other actions, he was promoted to brevet major general...1847. He was mentioned by the Whigs as a possible presidential candidate in 1848 but lost the nomination to Gen. Zachary Taylor... |
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Debs, Eugene V(ictor)
...1895 for conspiracy. Together with Victor Berger, Morris Hillquit, and others, he formed the Socialist Party of America (1901) and stood as its presidential candidate. A leading pacifist, he was briefly imprisoned for discouraging recruitment... |
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stump
...cylinder with conical ends made of rolled paper or other soft material, used for softening or blending marks made...the two men had come to the city to stump for the presidential candidate. 4. use a stump on (a drawing, line, etc... |
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Bush election victory
...divisive election campaign, in the 2000 presidential elections George W. Bush won over Vice...in the state of Florida, which either candidate needed to win for a majority in the electoral...to several recounts by newspapers and other organizations. These have failed to... |
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Requiem for a Lightweight: Vice Presidential Candidate Evaluations and the...
...vice presidential candidates have no influence...analyses, on the other hand, find that one...evaluation of the vice presidential nominees has a considerable...influence on one's presidential vote choice-about...the influence that ... |
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What Are the Qualities You Look for in a Presidential Candidate?
...a presidential candidate should have a...With the 1988 presidential election close...look for in a candidate. The first of...qualities is that the candidate looks upon the...important as any other. Although only...look for ... |
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US presidential candidate nominating process starts in Iowa
...Kucinich from Ohio. The other three candidates -- Senator Joe Lieberman...faces no opponents in the presidential candidate nominating process. Primary...US process of choosing presidential candidates. Six US states hold ... |
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Analysis: Third-party presidential candidate debate
...Third-party presidential candidate debateHost...last night's presidential debate at Cornell...and the major candidates--President...debate featured other candidates...Constitutional Presidential ... |
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Presidential Candidate Images.(Book review)
...of whether candidates are "true...factors shape candidate image and...countless other matters of...influence candidate image (p...Albert target presidential candidates' interpersonal...each major candidate" ... |
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Presidential Candidate Images
...methodology. Presidential Candidate Images...authors do reference other research that...advertising and candidate image, this compression...personal qualities of presidential candidates, this streamlined...shifting nature of ... |
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What Americans want in a 1988 presidential candidate
...vote for a presidential candidate with that...and older candidates. Almost...vote for a presidential candidate who had never...better than other members of...support a candidate who was a...vote for a ... |
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Students Speak Out: What are the qualities you look for in a presidential...
...criticize the other candidates on frivolous issues. The opposed candidate takes a defensive...superiority if candidate X is elected...campaign ideas and candidates with more mature attitudes. A presidential ... |
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VOA NEWS: GHANA OPPOSITION PARTY UNHAPPY WITH ENDORSEMENT OF RULING PARTY...
...another presidential candidate instead of his party's presidential candidate in this year's general...endorses a presidential candidate other than the party's presidential...when you support ... |
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FORMER REP. NEWT GINGRICH, R-GA., PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, AND FORMER GOV. JON...
...PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FORMER GOV. JON...PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [*] MODERATOR...Tonight, two candidates in a Lincoln...been involved in presidential campaigns and politics...that allows our candidates some ... |
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