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The Media and Elections, 2007.
An analysis of Thomas E. Patterson's argument as presented in his book "Out of Order."
1,414 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 68.95
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The paper discusses how Patterson posits that the role of the media in elections has shifted from that of reporter or even news analyst, to playing the role of "go-between" between voter and candidate. He suggests that the media has come to dominate people's access to the politicians and their views and in the process has colored what the voters hear, changing the very nature of American elections.
We live in a capitalistic society, and it is not the media's job to discern the truth or falsity of any politician's actions or statements. Patterson concludes that responsibility for interpreting what they read and hear ultimately falls on the voters' shoulders.
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"Patterson points out that media coverage of politicians tends to be negative. This in itself might not be bad, as voters need to know about serious problems in a politician's stance, and it is important to evaluate the character of the people we put in power. However, Patterson reports a bias in this pattern of reporting. As a candidate is perceived to be a likely winner, positive reports in the media tend to rise. As a candidate is perceived to be a likely loser, negative reports in the media tend to rise (pp. 118-120)."
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News Media Accounts of Presidential Elections, 2002.
This paper looks at how the news media have fed a distorted image to the American public for years.
4,074 words (approx. 16.3 pages), 6 sources, APA, AU$ 158.95
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The paper examines the most recent American elections and the relationship between the candidates and the media, specifically the Clinton and Dole election campaigns of 1996. The paper also discusses how the candidates were treated by the news media.
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"Life on the campaign trail has often been likened to life inside a bubble with journalists trapped inside a mechanism that doesn?t let much contact with the outside world filter through. Long days and long weeks of living within the campaign environment, following the schedules each candidate has laid out, taking pictures only when you are told it is okay to do so; as one author puts it journalists are ?invariably sucked in by the campaign?s gravitational pull, ever struggling with the loss of perspective that threatens to portray campaign news with a refracting lens.? In this one perspective journalists have historically been too involved in the campaign, and too controlled by it. News media, most prolifically the television news media, have been forced to rely heavily on the campaign for a good portion of their information. When a campaign is run with media savvy, knowing the restraints and deadlines journalists face, it is that much easier to get your candidate?s ?message? on the air."
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Media strategy for the 2004 Presidential Election, 2000.
A look at the strategies necessary for running a successful campaign for 2004.
2,850 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 122.95
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This paper discusses strategy for running a successful election campaign, using Hillary Clinton in 2004 as a model. The author deals with media image, coverage, advertising and issues, as well as the glass ceiling and how the general public chooses a candidate for the presidency.
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"Conducting a successful bid for the presidency is an arduous task at best, and there are many things to consider when beginning one?s election campaign. Media coverage, advertising, image and issues are just a few of the factors that work together to make or break a would-be president. How do you know how and when to focus on what?'
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Media Influence in Determining Voter Behavior, 2002.
Analysis of the effects that the media have on elections in Germany and the UK.
5,520 words (approx. 22.1 pages), 24 sources, AU$ 194.95
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This paper examines the direct effects that the media have on voter preference. The author focuses on the media coverage and political campaigning strategies in Great Britain and Germany, evaluating media coverage of the previous two national elections in both states, and examining press media coverage of campaigning and the overall effect it plays in the election process.
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"Once voter interest is obtained, appealing political media images are a good and often successful means of influencing the popular vote. As one-third of voters know nothing about particular politicians yet still hold strong emotions toward them, the voter attitude toward candidates and political parties is a good predictor of voter decisions. Various studies establish the ability of the political advertisements to lodge in viewer minds elements by which politicians can be judged, furthermore; political advertising can provide voters with specific image characteristics of candidates that relate to voter choice. Cwalina, Falkowski, & Kaid concluded political advertising can possibly affect voters in three ways: 1) Advertisements can strengthen already existing voter preferences; 2) Advertisements can weaken existing preferences of uncertain voters and may cause change of such preferences; 3) Advertisements can re-create the image of the candidate."
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Local Elections in the City of York, U.K., 2004.
This paper discusses that the reasons why the City of York, U.K., like many cities in Western democracies, is experiencing the problem of low voter turnout in elections.
2,425 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, AU$ 107.95
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This paper explains that, in a democracy, when so few people turn out for an election, it denies legitimacy to the government that is elected and often results in a government that is not answerable to the people because that government was only elected by a small percentage of the people. The author points out three main reasons for the small voter local election: the United Kingdom's use of the First Past the Post system for local elections; the age of the voters; and the proximity of the voters to the polling places. The paper relates that most European nations now use a proportional system for national and local elections, making the United Kingdom's use of the First Past the Post system for local elections somewhat of a relic.
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"However, there is still a third variable which must be considered in this problem. The vicinity of the voters to the polling places has been found to have a bearing on how many people participate in the local elections. In areas in which residents live less than five minutes away from the polling place for a local election, voter turnout has been found to be very high, almost sixty-five percent in some cases. However, in areas in which voters lived more than five minutes away from their polling places, voter turnout dropped astoundingly to around thirty-five percent. This indicates that voters want convenience in their polling places, probably because people today lead such busy lives that it is difficult for them to take much time out of their day to go and vote in a local election."
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United States Presidential Elections of 1824 and 1848, 2002.
The paper compares the elections of 1824 and 1848 in the United States and discusses the rise of mass Jacksonian Politics.
1,598 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 14 sources, APA, AU$ 75.95
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The paper shows that a distinct political revolution occurred between the Presidential Elections of 1824 and 1848. This change is often referred to as the Jacksonian Revolution or the rise of mass politics. It discusses how the beginnings of these changes are seen in 1824, but would not be institutionalized as a part of every election campaign until 1848. The paper shows that the most notable differences between the Presidential Elections of 1824 and 1848 were the use of party identifications or the partisan nature of the papers, the way that editors and people who wrote editorials to the papers argued their points and the development of early forms of polling and political endorsements.
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"During the 1824 Presidential Election there are few, if any, forms of polling, political endorsements, or advertisements, but they are all over the papers by the 1848 Presidential Election. Several unscientific polls are reported to the New York Herald regarding the 1848 Presidential Election during the six months leading up to the elections. ?Another Vote for Taylor ? On a late trip of the steamboat Herald, down the Illinois river, the vote for President was taken and stood as follows:- In the ladies? cabin, for Taylor 14; for Cass, 3. Gentlemen?s cabin, for Taylor, 43; Cass, 23.? "
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Presidential Elections, 1987.
Discusses problems, shortcomings & injustices in theory, structure & process of election system and emphasizing Reagans' 1980 & 1984 victories. Examines electoral college, indirect elections, TV dominated campaigns and primaries.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 172.95
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"This study will investigate problems associated with the system of Presidential elections, dealing in general with the theory and structure of the Presidential election process, and specifically with the elections of 1980 and 1984 in which Ronald Reagan triumphed in landslide victories over Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale.
The most common criticism of the Presidential election process in the past (that is, before the advent of television, debates presented immediately to the nation as a whole, the emergence of the primaries, campaign lengths and costs, etc.) has centered on the Electoral College. The major criticism of the Electoral College has been that it serves as an impediment to the direct election of the President by the people.
However, as Cummings and Wise write, that was the very(...)"
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Two U.S. Presidential Elections, 2002.
An analysis of the 1984 and 2000 elections.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 14 sources, AU$ 149.95
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Analysis of the 1984 and 2000 elections. Background of the two-party system. Significance of the 2000 election as the first time in 124 years that the candidate who won the national popular vote lost the electoral vote. Compares the candidates of 1984 and 2000. Role of the media in Presidential elections.
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"Analysis of the U.S. Presidential Elections of 1984 and 2000
Introduction - The Birth of the Two Party System
Prior to the election of 1840, America did not have a two-party political system. Federalists and Democratic-Republicans contested elections in the early republic, but they were more representations of class and regional power than political parties. From 1812 to 1824, during the "era of good feelings," there was only one political party, and Presidents James Madison and James Monroe ran virtually unopposed (Shulman, M1).
After a 4-year interregnum in which Andrew Jackson - the man who won the most electoral votes in the election of 1824 - was denied his victory in the House of Representatives in favor of John Quincy Adams, Jacksonian Democracy - a further development of..."
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Strategies for Local Elections, 2005.
A consideration of strategies techniques for winning local elections.
13,800 words (approx. 55.2 pages), 17 sources, MLA, AU$ 195.95
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This paper considers many strategies, techniques, philosophies for winning local elections given a three-month election cycle, and how these strategies provide insights into how they may be adapted to other locations. It looks at the use of radio, television and the Internet and the Democratic process in theory and practice.
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"Democracy begins at the local level although it is often most associated with national elections. Local officials however, including mayors have a direct impact on the daily lives of the citizens in their region. In ..."
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Voter Turnout in Canadian Federal Elections, 2007.
An analysis of the reasons for low voter turnout in Canadian federal elections and strategies for improving the turnout.
2,113 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 96.95
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This paper examines the nature of the apathy in voter participation rates during the past two federal elections in Canada. It discusses the nature of the reasons used to explain low voter turnout rates in Canadian federal elections. Additionally, the paper proposes useful strategies that could be (and are being) employed in order to combat low voter turnouts.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Low Voter Turnout
Underlying Roots and Causes Behind Low Voter Turnout
Strategies for Improving Voter Turnout
Conclusions: The Way Forward for the Canadian Electorate
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"With more people turning out for the 2006 federal election than did in 2004, the call for electoral reform has become somewhat muted. It is important, however, that the process of reform continue so that Canada can improve its standing among other democratic nations with regard to voter participation. Targeting potential youth voters to impress upon them the importance of the political process and dismantling the winner-take-all electoral system are important first steps in this regard. Federal transparency and oversight of political actions may be the only means that can restore voter trust in politicians. Only time and concerted effort will reveal if it is possible for Canada to avoid a potential voter crisis in the coming decades."
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Elections, 2007.
This paper discusses how elections do not always presuppose a democracy.
934 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 48.95
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The paper explains that elections are when voters choose a certain party or person into a certain position. The paper discusses how although many countries profess to have accepted the "free and fair" mode of election required by a democracy, this is not always the case in practice, as seen in Ethiopia. The paper uses the example of the United states to portray a democratic paradigm that has finally learned to allow a variety of ideologies to exist within a single country. The paper stresses that the secret to election success appears to be letting these ideologies compliment rather than destroy each other.
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"In the Ethiopia elections of 2005, several elements are in accord with the accepted definition of a democratic election. 90% of voters were for example attracted to the polls without any evident intimidation to vote for one party or the other. Furthermore, more than one party stood for the election, with a ban on protests that would interfere with the process."
"Once it became apparent that the opposition party had more votes than the ruling party, however, irregularities occurred, first under the order of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister declared a state of emergency on May 16. No public gathering was allowed during this time, the Minister assumed command of the security forces and stationed federal and special forces instead of capital city police. This is hardly the actions of a minister in a democratic country."
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Medical Issues in 2000 Elections, 2002.
Examines how both political sides campaigned for the expansion of Medicare to include coverage of prescription drugs in the 2000 American elections.
2,640 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 114.95
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Although there are many important issues, both domestic and foreign affecting America, one of the major issues that the candidates chose to focus on in the Presidential elections of 2000 was the issue of prescription drug costs. The paper shows that this seemed to be a symbolic issue representing the different philosophies of the two major parties. The image that was presented was of the old woman who is unable to afford to buy necessary medications, or must choose between life-saving medication and food. The paper shows that it became a bellwether issue of the election, with the Democrats identifying themselves as the party of compassion and the Republicans trying to identify themselves as also a party of compassion, but of compassionate conservatism. In other words, both parties were saying that there is a problem, that they care about the struggles that people are undergoing and that they have ideas about how to ameliorate the problem. The paper covers the differences between the ideas of the Democrats and the Republicans.
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"For Gore, the proposal is a straightforward addition to Medicare of prescription drug coverage for those 65 and older. It would cover all costs for seniors earning up to 135 percent of the poverty level and subsidies for people with incomes between 135 percent ad 150 percent of the poverty level. In addition, everyone else would receive 50 percent of drug purchases adding up to at least $2,000 in 2002 and adding up to at least $5,000 in 2008. Recipients would, however, pay something for this benefit. They would pay monthly premiums starting at $25 and eventually increasing to $50 per month."
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Florida Elections, 2002.
An in-depth look at the Florida elections.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 7 sources, AU$ 128.95
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This ten-page paper presents a detailed discussion on the election situation in the state of Florida. Several past electrons are scrutinized as well as analyzed and the trends of the Florida voters are also glanced at. In this turbulent time of political anger and confusion it is media frenzy when something happens as it did during the last presidential election. While the world looked on we tried to figure out how Florida survived politically before this. The paper outlines the many things that happened as a result of the problems in the Florida election and it takes the reader on a journey with which the party lines are divided and scrutinized.
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Presidential Elections - Then and Now, 2002.
Compares and contrasts the Presidential elections of 1968 and 1992.
1,544 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 73.95
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An essay focusing on the long and arduous process of getting elected President. Compares the elections of 1968 and 1992, both of which featured a strong third-party candidate who threatened to steal the presidency.
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"Being a citizen of the United States affords one with many opportunities that are sometimes taken for granted. As American citizens, we have the opportunity to vote for many offices at the national, state, and local levels. However, the election of the president of the United States every four years is undeniably the most important part of the American political process."
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The Elections of 1992 and 2000, 2002.
A compaison of the elections of 1992 and 2000 with an emphasis on the issues and the candidates.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 64.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the presidential elections of 1992 and 2000, focuses upon the issues and candidates, and explores whether the differences between Republicans and Democrats are becoming nearly indistinguishable.
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The 2001 Australian Federal Elections, 2002.
The paper discusses the 2001 Australian Federal Elections and the current issues faced by Australian politics.
2,570 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 9 sources, APA, AU$ 112.95
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This paper describes the 2001 Australian Federal Elections and the challenges faced by the winning party, the Liberal Party. The issues discussed include health, defense, taxation and immigration. It gives a brief history of the party and its principle goals. The paper includes interviews with Afghan Australians and it discusses the detention centers. The paper describes how the Liberal Party plans to resolve these issues.
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"The 2001 Australian federal elections had on its electoral list, the Liberal party, the Labor party, the National party, Australian Democrats, the Greens, the One Nation party and other smaller parties. The two major contenders were the Liberal Party winning the majority of the votes with more than 69 seats, and the Labor Party following closely with 66 seats. The smaller parties won the remaining seats."
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