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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"general election"”.
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A study of Proposition 14 of the 1964 California general election
… as Proposition 14 which appeared on the 1964 General Election ballot.</p><p>Proposition 14 was a propsed amendment to the Constitution of the State of California which would prohibit the state, its agencies, and local government from placing limitations on a person's right to refuse to sell or …
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Ghosts, ghouls, and the general election : horror framing in 21st century presidential campaign advertisements.
… 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 attempts at …
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Populism as resonance machine: Affect, the Sweden Democrats, and the 2018 Swedish General Election
… the Sweden Democrats (SD), with the 2018 Swedish General Election – in which SD grew more than any other party – as my core focus. Adopting an affectively conscientious approach, I analyse the machinery, musterings and mobilisations that fuel populism’s momentum. The thesis constitutes the first …
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News, Citizenship and the Internet: BBC News Online's Reporting of the 2005 UK General Election
… website dedicated to the 2005 UK Parliamentary General Election, entitled Election 2005. Particular attention is given to sections such as the Election Monitor, the UK Voters' Panel and Have your say, to which people were encouraged to submit their views and comments for posting. Given the …
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The British general election of 1923; an anomaly or the election that changed British political history?
… and stronger Labour Party. There were three General Elections in 1922, 1923 and 1924, each fought on different issues and with different results. Including the 1929 election, by the end of the decade the Conservative-Labour hegemony had been established. And yet, despite books and articles …
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Voting in the 1994 general election : the role of race, unemployment and perceptions of violence in the Western Cape
… about South African voters' choices in the 1994 general election. The most contested issue in this debate is the role played by racial or ethnic identities. Some authors argue that race was the main determinant of voting behaviour. while others argue that it played an indirect role. This study …
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The determinants of vote choice in Portugal
… choice among Portuguese voters. Covering three elections (the 1980 Presidential election, the 1982 Local elections and the 1983 General election) the study was started six years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974 which restored Democracy after 48 years of the Salazar-Caetano Dictatorship. The …
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The development of the Labour Party in the Black Country (1918-39)
… `Labour Heartland'. This makes it impossible to generalise about the strength of Unionism in the West Midlands during the inter-war years. Even before 1914 Joseph Chamberlain's Unionism with its call for protective tariffs, coupled with social reforms, had had less of an impact on the …
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Race of the century : Guy vs. Young, 1974 North Dakota U.S. Senate election
<p>As the 1972-1974 election cycle began, Republican incumbent Milton Young, who had served in the U.S. Senate for twenty-seven years, decided to run for another term with realistic confidence in his ability to repeat prior election victories. His initial optimism began to erode as national …
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White politics and the Garment Workers' Union, 1930 - 1953
… Party and its eventual victory in the 1948 general election. However, little literature has appeared on the white labour movement, the Labour Party and the trade union activities of the Afrikaner nationalists during the period. The Garment Workers' Union was a Witwatersrand-based trade union …
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Primary Systems and Voter Turnout: Measuring the Institutional Effect of Primary Type on Voter Turnout
… the 1990, 1994 and 1998 Congressional mid-term elections, this study looks at whether the type of primary system in a person's state has an effect on whether or not that person will vote in the general election. The five types of primary systems (closed, semi-closed, semiopen, open and blanket) …
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Organized Labor's Influence on Local Elections: A Case History of Snohomish County, Washington
… interviewed and results from the primary and general election 2005 were compiled. The findings support previous studies that candidates should have a strong coalition of endorsements from multiple sources, not just unions; and that monetary contributions are proportional to voting share in …
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Seriously funny : a look at humor in televised presidential debates
… in the press. A content analysis was done on the general election presidential debates from 1960-2004 and a newspaper sample of post-debate news stories to see the functions of humor use, type of humor used, and location in the debate humor was used. Results show Republican and Democratic …
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Imperial precedents in the Home Rule Debates, 1867-1914
… party’s electoral collapse at the 1918 general election. The Home Rule movement’s predecessor as the dominant force in Irish nationalism was Daniel O’Connell’s repeal movement of the 1830s and 40s, which was the only prior coherent, constitutional nationalist movement to impinge on House …
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Electability Politics: How and Why Black Americans Vote in Primary Elections
… Americans make vote choice decisions in primary elections? This dissertation project answers this question by arguing that Black Americans are highly strategic voters and vote for the candidate that is perceived to be the most electable. I advance the argument that Black voters support candidates …
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Race, culture and social work education in the South African interregnum : a contextual analysis of attitudes and practice in the period 1990-1994
Welfare services generally were racially segregated and highly unequal, being heavily skewed towards the needs of the white population. Such welfare policies and service patterns were increasingly justified in ideological terms by reference to a specific form of cultural relativism rather than …
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Balancing the Ticket: How Selecting A Vice President Has Changed in the Modern Era
… the vice presidency and the vice-presidential selection process have increased in visibility and importance is not. This project analyzes the changes that occurred in the selection of the vice-presidential running mates in the last four decades by comparing the news coverage of the …
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