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    change in national economic performance and change in percentage of the presidential election vote for the incumbent party in three New Hampshire counties. This is designed to 1) measure the extent to which economic conditions affect voter choice in presidential elections, and 2) explore whether economic performance is equally important across areas of differing income class in terms of voter choice in presidential elections. The underlying presumption for all three counties is that if the economy

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    Name Due date Word count: 1596 Presidential Elections Introduction The presidential elections of United States of America take an indirect form where citizens of the U.S who are registered as voters in one of the states in U.S which are usually 50 states, or the District of Columbia, cast ballots for Electoral College members, referred to as electors. These electors then in turn cast direct votes known as electoral votes in their respective state capitals for president and vice president positions

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    society's focus is short and poorly aimed. An example of this, and its end result. is the current process of the presidential election. Unfortunately, many are dissatisfied with the end result of our presidential candidates. Perhaps this is simply the fault of the people. Media will only cover what the people demand to see, the people are far more likely to follow/support a presidential candidate who has significant media coverage. By demanding coverage of the most "entertaining" candidates, we have

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    There will be a U.S. presidential election on November 8, 2016. Whether you identify as a Republican, a Democrat, or somewhere in between, there is no denying that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are two highly controversial candidates. While it is difficult to tell where most Americans stand on the election issue, it is easy to see that ancient Chinese Legalist thinkers would be staunch supporters of Donald Trump. Legalist ideas seem to be the foundation upon which Trump’s Republican Party was

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    The Media and its impact on Presidential Elections On a July day in 2015, reality television star and real estate mogul Donald Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States in the 2016 election. Following his announcement, the mainstream media openly mocked Trump, and some found great humor at the idea of his campaign, wondering how long it would take before he dropped out of his “doomed before-it-began campaign,” as many called it. By being openly dismissive of Trump’s campaign

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    from Great Britain, America has seen 44 presidents, many of whom have served multiple terms in office. Each of these presidential hopefuls has employed a marketing campaign to earn the support of voters across the country, and the strategies used have given politics an infamous reputation. From their humble beginnings during the George Washington era to their infamy in modern elections, political advertisements have undergone extensive changes. Although advertisements were originally positive messages

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    With the Presidential Election edging ever closer to its nationally appointed date of November 8th, 2016, every single public opinion poll acts as an indicator for who will become our next President here in the United States. These polls create a sense of general knowledge for the American public in that they are made aware of who is currently being favored to become our next president and who isn’t, all the way up until the day of the general election. To give an example, in the most recent election

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    The Presidential Election of 2000 It is hard to believe that it will be a year since the Bush vs. Gore campaign was in it’s final stages, or so we thought. The Bush vs. Gore campaign was at its climax in late October of 2000. The people of the nation were casting their votes and the two leading Candidates were neck and neck. The tension was sky high on Election Day, November 7th, 2000. Behold, we were to have a new president; well, possibly. Election experts have called “evolution”

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    In the United States, television has been influential in presidential elections since the 1960’s. Television has a way of “turning away from policy sphere,” it judges candidates based on their appearances, not their message. Television has shifted the key point of presidential debates: from pursuing issue to pursuing image. Therefore, television is misleading, having a negative impact on presidential elections. Television is utilized by candidates as a way to get their pursuing issue to viewers

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    Presidential debates in the Unites States are a hot topic around the world. Even though American voters have the role of choosing the next president, people from many different countries tend to heed interest in the elections, due to the fact that the president of the United States has such an influence in locations around the world. People rely on the media to obtain factual information about the presidential candidates, their political stances, and interests in foreign affairs. The fact that information

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