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Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Voters In The 2000 Us Presidential Election, Gregory B. Lewis, Marc A. Rogers, Kenneth Sherrill
Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Voters In The 2000 Us Presidential Election, Gregory B. Lewis, Marc A. Rogers, Kenneth Sherrill
PMAP Publications
Lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals (LGBs) in the United States are strikingly more likely to vote for Democratic presidential candidates than are heterosexuals. LGBs are one of the Democratic Party’s most loyal voting blocs, despite the absence of one of the most important mechanisms for creating party identification: inter-generational transmission. We use the 2000 Presidential election to examine whether LGB voters overwhelmingly chose Al Gore because they viewed him as superior to George W. Bush on LGB-related policy issues or because of their greater overall liberalism and Democratic Party identification. We also examine the impact of socialization within the LGB …
The Impact Of Prolonged Nomination Contests On Presidential Candidate Evaluations And General Election Vote Choice: The Case Of 2008, Jeff R. Dewitt, Richard N. Engstrom
The Impact Of Prolonged Nomination Contests On Presidential Candidate Evaluations And General Election Vote Choice: The Case Of 2008, Jeff R. Dewitt, Richard N. Engstrom
Faculty Articles
The fact that political parties hold competitive nomination contests that require voters to choose among multiple candidates leaves open the possibility that the contest itself could damage the prospects of an eventual nominee. In this study, we employ the American National Election Study panel survey data from the 2008 U.S. presidential election to assess the impact of the Democratic Party nomination process on candidate evaluations and general election vote preference. We find evidence that Barack Obama had greater difficulty uniting his party than his Republican counterpart due to the fact that Clinton voters were slow to coalesce around Obama. These …
The Impact Of Prolonged Nomination Contests On Presidential Candidate Evaluations And General Election Vote Choice: The Case Of 2008, Jeff Dewitt, Richard N. Engstrom
The Impact Of Prolonged Nomination Contests On Presidential Candidate Evaluations And General Election Vote Choice: The Case Of 2008, Jeff Dewitt, Richard N. Engstrom
Faculty Articles
The fact that political parties hold competitive nomination contests that require voters to choose among multiple candidates leaves open the possibility that the contest itself could damage the prospects of an eventual nominee. In this study, we employ the American National Election Study panel survey data from the 2008 U.S. presidential election to assess the impact of the Democratic Party nomination process on candidate evaluations and general election vote preference. We find evidence that Barack Obama had greater difficulty uniting his party than his Republican counterpart due to the fact that Clinton voters were slow to coalesce around Obama. These …
Are Politicians Office Or Policy Motivated? The Case Of U.S. Governors' Environmental Policies, Per G. Fredriksson, Le Wang, Khawaja Mamun
Are Politicians Office Or Policy Motivated? The Case Of U.S. Governors' Environmental Policies, Per G. Fredriksson, Le Wang, Khawaja Mamun
WCBT Faculty Publications
Are elected politicians primarily motivated by holding office, thus choosing environmental policies accordingly? Or are they motivated by the chance to implement their preferred environmental policies? Do governors have character, in the sense that they promise and implement environmental policies consistent with their own preferences? To answer these questions, we study the differences in environmental spending across both re-electable and lame duck governors from the two main political parties. In our empirical analysis, we make use of parametric and non-parametric regression-discontinuity approaches. While re-electable governors do not set significantly different policies, lame duck governors do. We argue that in the …
Use Of Social Media In Presidential Campaigns: Do Social Media Have An Effect On The Political Behavior Of Voters Aged 18-24?, Samantha Hamilton
Use Of Social Media In Presidential Campaigns: Do Social Media Have An Effect On The Political Behavior Of Voters Aged 18-24?, Samantha Hamilton
Honors Theses
Today, the idea of social media is radically different from the media of a decade ago. While a decade ago the Internet was considered new media, our society now turns to Facebook, Twitter, and blogs as sources of information. In the United States during election cycles, the use of social media by presidential candidates has become a way for many voters to find out about candidates. As a result, presidential candidates have had to adapt their campaign strategies to work with these media in a way that will effectively target these audiences. This study examines whether campaigns that are more …
Key Issues That Have Not Been Addressed, Tan K. B. Eugene
Key Issues That Have Not Been Addressed, Tan K. B. Eugene
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
The last nine days of hustings period have provided for a most engaging electoral campaign in recent memory. There seems to be a nascent but growing political consciousness and Singaporeans are not shy to express their political inclinations and loyalties.
Technical Bulletins: Census Figures Help Cities Redistrict (2011), Gary Jaeckel
Technical Bulletins: Census Figures Help Cities Redistrict (2011), Gary Jaeckel
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
This publication describes the process involved in redistricting due to census figures.
Coalition Plan Falls Short Of Pre-Election Promises, Paul Donnelly, John Hogan, Brendan O'Rourke
Coalition Plan Falls Short Of Pre-Election Promises, Paul Donnelly, John Hogan, Brendan O'Rourke
Articles
There was much on openness and fighting white-collar crime in the parties’ manifestos – but where are they in the programme for government.
When Religion Trumps Ethnicity: A Regional Election Case Study From Indonesia, Edward Aspinall, Sebastian Carl Dettman, Eve Warburton
When Religion Trumps Ethnicity: A Regional Election Case Study From Indonesia, Edward Aspinall, Sebastian Carl Dettman, Eve Warburton
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
The authors analyse the 2010 mayoral election in the city of Medan, North Sumatra. Medan is an ethnically and religiously diverse city and the authors treat the elections here as a case study of inter-communal dynamics in local elections in plural regions of Indonesia. The first round of the vote was contested by 10 pairs of candidates and occurred in a climate of cross-ethnic alliance building and appeals that, the authors argue, are typical of broader Indonesian patterns. The second round confronted voters with a choice between a Muslim candidate and an ethnic Chinese candidate who was also a Buddhist. …
Political Participation In Cairo After The January 2011 Revolution, Ingy Bassiony
Political Participation In Cairo After The January 2011 Revolution, Ingy Bassiony
Papers, Posters, and Presentations
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Chasing After Huntington's Third Wave Of Democratization: The Middle East Under Change, Reem Awny Abuzaid
Chasing After Huntington's Third Wave Of Democratization: The Middle East Under Change, Reem Awny Abuzaid
Papers, Posters, and Presentations
Escaping Huntington's three waves of democracy, the Middle East has become a phenomenon. Ever since, the Middle East scholars attempted extensively to rationalize the prevailing authoritarian regimes over the past four decades; a number of theories were proposed to address such a paradox. Studying authoritarianism has denied the Middle East academic society the chance to predict the current wave of political change that is being witnessed in the region. A draw back that could be believed to have left researchers with limited theoretical explanations for the on going experience, but that could always remain superficial. in fact a number of …
Which Egyptian Parties Represent Women And Copts And Young People?, Heba Galal
Which Egyptian Parties Represent Women And Copts And Young People?, Heba Galal
Papers, Posters, and Presentations
The purpose of this post is to compile research on which Egyptian parties represent women and Copts and young people This had been copied from Dr. Warigia Bowman’s blog, Dr. Warigia Bowman is a Visiting Assistant professor in the department of Public Policy and Administration at AUC .This research had done in collaboration with my professor and me while I was working with her as research assistant during the parliamentary elections in Egypt that took place in 2011. My name’s Heba Galal and I’m doing my master’s degree in Public Administration at AUC.