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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"2016 election"”.
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What Happened? An Examination of Critical Change in the 2016 Election
The 2016 U.S. presidential election results surprised many, after several groups many believed to be surefire voters for Democrats based on previous elections voted for Republican Donald Trump (Bump, 2016). Whenever a change takes place in voter patterns, one begins to hear phrases like “critical …
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Falling in Love, or Falling in Line? Trump, Clinton, and Mobilization in the 2016 Election in Florida
The 2016 presidential election was a contentious period that exposed some of America’s deepest, most acrimonious divides. In few places was the contest more hard-fought than in Florida, a perennial swing state whose voters often play a decisive role in who occupies the White House. Previous …
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A Pence-ive narration of a gendered vice-presidency
… surrounding the vice-presidency and the 2016 election. It reviews the traditional feminine gender roles assigned to the vice-presidency and as evidenced in Governor Mike Pence’s participation in a 60 Minutes interview, nomination speech at the 2016 national convention, and …
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“They’re bringing Drugs... They’re bringing Crime... They’re Rapists”: Exploring Latino Immigration, Crime, and Voting Patterns in the 2016 Presidential Election
<p>The political race for the 2016 United States President brimmed with conflict over an array of issues, notably Latino immigration from Mexico and Latin America to the U.S. The rhetoric of then Presidential Candidate Donald Trump centered around the idea that Mexico was not sending its finest …
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Justice, faith and politics : congregational engagement in social justice issues.
… navigate social justice engagement since the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The quantitative secondary data analysis, Chapter Two, used data from the 2017 Preaching Controversial Justice Issues survey to explore the characteristics of clergy and congregations preaching about justice issues …
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Ghosts, ghouls, and the general election : horror framing in 21st century presidential campaign advertisements.
… are analyzed holistically in the 2000, 2008, and 2016 general elections. Through this analysis, a clearer picture is painted of how horror frames have been used in different ways, the intensity of their usage, and how self-positive appeals to audience efficacy help bolster these rhetorical …
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Civil unrest
… foiling of a domestic terrorist plot during the 2016 election by a middle-aged mother and her teenage son, following them across the course of approximately a month as they fall in with two different, but interconnected, right-wing conspiratorial subcultures that lurk under the surface of their …
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Cracks in the Glass Ceiling
… issue, especially during and after the 2016 election, and the media is not exempt from being a part of the discussion. The overall question that this article proposes is whether there is a definitive bias against female political candidates in the media based on gender. More …
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"It's just a cross, don't shoot": white Supremacy and Christonormativity in a small midwestern town
… the controversy within the context of the election of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, this thesis seeks to answer the inquiry: How do the events and discourse surrounding the controversy over a cross on public property in a small, Midwestern city shed light on the Trump phenomenon? A …
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Trending in the Right Direction: Using Google Trends Data as a Measure of Public Opinion During a Presidential Election
During the 2016 presidential election, public opinion polls consistently showed a lead in the popular vote and Electoral College for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. Following Trump's surprise victory, the political pundits and public at large began to question the accuracy of modern public …
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When Elections Become Crises: Crisis Management, Institutional Architecture, and Democratic Resilience in the United States and France
Democratic elections are increasingly contested sites for informational attacks, delegitimization, and legitimacy strain. Yet the frameworks most commonly applied to electoral vulnerability, electoral integrity and democratic backsliding, were not designed to examine the moment of acute …
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When Elections Become Crises: Crisis Management, Institutional Architecture, and Democratic Resilience in the United States and France
Democratic elections are increasingly contested sites for informational attacks, delegitimization, and legitimacy strain. Yet the frameworks most commonly applied to electoral vulnerability, electoral integrity and democratic backsliding, were not designed to examine the moment of acute …
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Application of adult learning principles by district election trainers in selected constituencies of Lusaka district
… of adult learning principles by District Election Trainers in selected Constituencies of Lusaka District. The study was guided by the following objectives :(i) to describe how District Election Trainers apply adult learning principles when training poll staff. (ii) to identify challenges …
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Application of adult learning principles by district election trainers in selected constituencies of Lusaka district
… of adult learning principles by District Election Trainers in selected Constituencies of Lusaka District. The study was guided by the following objectives :(i) to describe how District Election Trainers apply adult learning principles when training poll staff. (ii) to identify challenges …
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"In the shadows" : David Foster Wallace and multicultural America
… that Wallace, had he lived to witness the 2016 election, might not have been as unequivocal in his rejection of Trump as his admirers might assume.
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An Examination of the Performative Nature of Rituals in the Theatrum Mundi
… special attention to the recent debates of the 2016 election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton with focus on the Her Opponent recreation of sections of the debates with the genders of the participants reversed, performed on stage shortly after Trump’s electoral victory. Re-enactment is …
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Birthers, Hand Signals, and Spirit Cooking: The Impact of Political Fake News Content on Facebook Engagement during the 2016 Presidential Election
Throughout the 2016 U.S. presidential election, public debate and media coverage was shaped by so called "fake news" – news articles which were intentionally false, and designed to influence opinion and policy. Although fake news itself is not a new concept, the way in which it was covered, and the …
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Essays in political economy
… trial designed to combat vote-buying in the 2016 election in Uganda. We find that the campaign did not reduce the extent to which voters accepted cash and gifts in exchange for their votes. In addition, we designed the study to take advantage of our large sample (covering 1.2 million voters) …