Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"election campaigns"”.
-
Interest group involvement in constituency election campaigns
… of interest group activity in constituency campaigns in the 1988 federal election as reported in the Constituency Party Association dataset created in 1991 for the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. SPSSPC+ was used to analyze the relationships between variables in …
-
Interactive Voice Response Polling in Election Campaigns
… that IVR polls conducted immediately before elections are generally accurate, but have raised questions as to their validity in other contexts. This study examines whether IVR polls generate measurably different levels of candidate support when compared to live interviewer polls, as a result …
-
Shouldering Giants: Campaign Consultants and the Professionalisation of American Election Campaigns.
… that professionals played in the presidential campaigns of 2008.
-
Chasing the vote : developments in the ways political parties conduct election campaigns
… parties use to engage the electorate during election campaigns undergo a continual process of re-evaluation and modification; this study seeks to further understanding of this process by proposing the concept of a toolkit of techniques from which those who plan campaigns make selections, …
-
The utilisation of Euroscepticism in European election campaigns: a multi-dimensional analysis
… does play a more important role in European elections than previously thought; that ideology is the strongest predictor of party positions; and finally that the quantitative study of party manifestos produces valid and reliable data for positioning political parties. The study finds that the …
-
Comparing Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change During Election Campaigns in the United States, Canada and Australia
… change and global warming during the national elections in Australia, Canada and the U.S. during 2007 and 2008. Using a census of newspaper coverage and in-depth interviews with reporters, editors and columnists in the three countries, the study confirmed the findings of earlier studies that …
-
A woman’s place is in the House…of Representatives: How Labour women can use Direct Voter Contact to support their election campaigns
This thesis discusses barriers to and pathways to election for women at local and central government level. The thesis also discusses the use of Direct Voter Contact in a New Zealand environment.
-
Almannatengsl og kosningar : hlutverk almannatengla í kosningabaráttu flokkanna
… ekki í fullu starfi.The focus of this thesis is election campaigns of new parties and what the role of public relation (PR). The main focus will be on the Reform party which was established in 2016 their election campaigns in the year 2016 and 2017 will be reachersed and compared. It is discussed …
-
Polling and political behavior : explaining inaccuracy in Italian polling
The use of polls during election campaigns has become increasingly commonplace, its main purpose being to predict elections results. Some literature highlights evidence that pre-electoral polls increase their predictive accuracy as the time between the interview and Election Day decreases. …
-
Framing Alberta’s NDP: How is the AbNDP, a Vehicle for Leftist Politics, Framed in a Conservative Canadian Province?
… conservative parties during the 2015 and 2019 elections were presented with a history-making disruption of their governance. As a vehicle for centre-left or progressive politics, the AbNDP represents a competitor to and foil for conservative parties, as well as a scapegoat for Alberta’s woes, …
-
Women Political Candidates and the Paradoxes of Rhetorical Style: The Effects of Gender and Status on the Rhetorical Style of Barbara Boxer's, Carol Moseley -Braun's, and Patty Murray's 1992 and 1998 Senate Campaigns
… status as incumbents and challengers across election cycles, and within election campaigns as their standings in the polls fluctuated. The implications of these results are threefold: rhetorical style is individual and dynamic; narrow conceptions of style focused on single attributes of …
-
The effect of political finance on corruption risk in Colombia
… holds that large sums of money poured into election campaigns are the gateway to corruption. Allegations of the corrupting influence of money in politics and policy are widespread on the national level. Yet, little empirical evidence has advanced the understanding of such a link on the local …
-
Campaign professionalism and the ‘birth’ of democracy. Analyzing the 2012 first multi-candidate presidential election in post-revolutionary Egypt.
… thesis studies the first Egyptian presidential election campaigns after the 25th January 2011 revolution. It aims to answer two questions: to what extent this election was professionalised and to what extent the levels of professionalism impacted the democratisation process of Egypt. To answer …
-
Impact of a Pandemic on Attitudes towards Immigrants
… prominently in public policy discussions and election campaigns throughout the world. Immigrants can be perceived as posing both realistic and symbolic threats to the host society. During the current global pandemic, these threats are amplified. This research investigated how attitudes towards …
-
The pulse of expectations: The evolution of news making in United States presidential campaigns
… combination of heightened day-to-day coverage of campaigns (made easy by satellite technology) and the new omnipresence of poll data, campaign coverage has largely degenerated into a day-to-day series of contests, with candidates portrayed as succeeding or failing each day to meet …
-
Sentiment analysis using unsupervised learning for local government elections in South Africa
… in order for them to be able to structure their election campaigns around voter expectations. The study focuses on unsupervised learning to assess the variation of polarity sentiment in tweets during the 2021 South African local government election campaign. The study uses a pre-trained …
-
THE 2019 EP ELECTION CAMPAIGN AS SEEN FROM TWITTER
… to choose a new European Parliament (EP). These elections marked a crucial moment for European democracy, as they took place in a context of significant challenges and upheavals, including the aftermath of the economic and financial crisis that had impacted the EU in the preceding decade, the …
-
An analysis of SABC coverage of political parties in the 2019 elections
… political parties (ANC, DA and EFF) in the 2019 elections by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The SABC has been one of the main sources of information for millions of citizens across the country and many South Africans rely on the SABC for news concerning election proceedings. …
-
The political sophistication of district-transforming superintendents
… political activities: voting and contributing to election campaigns. Finally, recommendations were made for training and further research.
-
Quid-pro-quo or no? Targeted electoral distribution in Brazil
… of campaign strategies. During the 2018 general elections, I spent months with legislative election campaigns, interviewed dozens of ordinary voters, activists, and community leaders, and implemented two original nationwide surveys which focused on a series of vignette and conjoint experiments. …
Page 1 of 2