Elections

How Did Pollsters Get It Wrong? On last November 8th, the results of presidential election were a surprise and shock to most people around the world, especially US residents because they consistently projected Hillary Clinton would defeated Donald Trump. According to the article “Presidential Election Results: Donald J. Trump Wins” in The New York Times, the total votes for Clinton were 62,391,335 (48%) and for Trump were 61,125,956 (47%). However, in contrast to earlier predictions, some states

the Republicans. The decrease in political parties can be explained by multiple reasons. One reason is that the election process has become decentralized, meaning that the political party is not the focus of the election, but the candidate is. Instead of the party raising money or controlling the information that is released, the

The 2016 Presidential Election has been one of the most bewildering experiences of my lifetime, but also, possibly the most telling event of where the average American voter’s values lie and the extent of our social progression. Personally, I, like many political scientists, educated scholars, politicians, celebrity figures, stand-up comics, preteens on twitter, optimists, and the entirely of the modern liberal media, truly believed Hillary Clinton would become our 45th, and 1st woman, president

Election day in Canada comes around again, but, like many others, Mr. Low decides to stay home. He thinks that there is no point in voting, since the results in his riding are always the same and the candidate he votes for never wins. One may think that he is just being a sore loser, but he has a very valid point. In Mr. Low’s riding, there are three main parties; Liberal, NDP, and Conservative. Mr. Low favours the Liberal candidate, but he knows he has no chance of winning as the outcome is usually

The outcomes of the past elections in Indonesia clearly show how promiscuous power sharing has led to the current challenges to Indonesia’s democratization. The election outcomes of 2004, 2009, and 2014 have proved that party cartelization among the political parties has continued to predominate in Indonesian politics. The 2004 elections marked the beginning of direct presidential and parliamentary elections. Yudhoyono was able to win the 2004 presidency due to PDI-P’s plummeting vote share and voter

have been made over the course of American history to make voting a more simple and inclusive process, including the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (Ash & Lamperti, 2013, p. 14). However, the article “Elections 2012: Suppressing Fraud or Suppressing the Vote?” by Arlene Ash and John Lamperti strongly argues that in the past decade, these efforts have been curtailed through regulations to prevent voter fraud (2013, p. 14-15). Examples

In the United States presidential election of 2000, the presidential race came down to one state - Florida. The controversy surrounding the votes in Florida delayed the results of the election until December 13th, 2000, 36 days from when the polling places opened. [1] The election’s final results are still hotly debated among the public. Ultimately, however, with the evidence present, Bush was the rightful winner of the election. That is not to say, however, that Gore’s team was incorrect in pursuing

gathered around their television, eagerly awaiting the news of the 2000 Presidential election. Would the victor be Texas governor George W. Bush or Vice President Al Gore? It was a close election, with Bush only leading by 537 votes. “The 2000 presidential election was the first in 112 years in which a president lost the popular vote, but captured enough states to win the electoral vote.” (The Disputed Election) However, if the majority of eligible Americans would have voted, the outcome may have

The election of a nation’s governing official is an event of great import. The power granted to such an individual is great indeed, and so much so that the position is considered its own branch of the government in and of itself. The trial that is the election is a competition unlike any other, with several professional liars competing for the favor of countless souls. During the election of 2000 this came to a head with several questionable occurrences taking place and lending obvious benefit to

Into On tuesday November 7th 2000, it was a long election night. The “endless election” they call it. The people waited to know who the new forty third president would be. Little did they know it wouldn't be for 36 days, December 9th 2000, before the new president would be named. Election night uncertainty Around 8 pm on that long tuesday night, right after the polls close the major tv networks calls Gore winner of Florida. Florida becomes uncertain as more votes roll in, they turn out to