http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Surveys have shown that the public pays little attention to foreign policy, but politicians regularly cite the importance of public support for military actions overseas. Now, a new study has found that these responses may be heavily influenced by White House rhetoric. University of Missouri researchers have found that foreign policy explanations from presidential administrations that are plainly stated and easier to understand are likely to receive public support, while policy explanations that are complicated and convoluted are likely to face greater public skepticism. http://www.physorg.com/news178896812.html Other Sciences Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:34:04 EST news178896812 (PhysOrg.com) -- Political affinity could influence how some people view the skin tone of biracial political candidates, according to a new study from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, New York University and Tilburg University in The Netherlands. http://www.physorg.com/news178307486.html Other Sciences Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:51:55 EST news178307486 (PhysOrg.com) -- Young men who voted for Republican John McCain or Libertarian candidate Robert Barr in the 2008 presidential election suffered an immediate drop in testosterone when the election results were announced, according to a study by researchers at Duke University and the University of Michigan. http://www.physorg.com/news175281081.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:11:47 EST news175281081 College students make strategic choices about where to vote, most prefer absentee ballots, and they are especially likely to vote absentee if their homes are in swing states, according to a new Northwestern University study of student absentee voting in the 2008 presidential election. http://www.physorg.com/news173623493.html Other Sciences Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:00:01 EST news173623493 (PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study, researchers from several universities looked at why white working-class voters voted Republican in recent national elections even when they didn't like Republican policies. http://www.physorg.com/news171895728.html Other Sciences Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:49:37 EST news171895728 (PhysOrg.com) -- When they know they will be engaged in a debate and have to defend their positions, anxious citizens seek out a balance of viewpoints about candidates, a new University of Michigan study shows. http://www.physorg.com/news170607464.html Other Sciences Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:58:29 EST news170607464 There was a time in Silicon Valley when the political game was practically sneered upon. http://www.physorg.com/news170014910.html Technology Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:30:01 EST news170014910 A study by three Kansas State University graduate students finds that the 18- to 24-year-old demographic became more politically active during the 2008 U.S. election season through the use of new media, but that the young adults were not necessarily more knowledgeable about politics. http://www.physorg.com/news169378857.html Other Sciences Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:00:02 EST news169378857 The 2008 presidential campaign season had the earliest statewide primaries and caucuses in memory, starting with the Iowa Caucus on Jan. 3. Now research from North Carolina State University shows that states may have good reason to push for an early contest. States that hold early presidential primaries or caucuses get a larger share of per capita federal procurement spending compared to other states, the new study says. But being early is not enough, study author Dr. Andrew Taylor says - states must also pick the winner. http://www.physorg.com/news158233453.html Other Sciences Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:46:54 EST news158233453 University of Michigan survey experts working with the American Association for Public Opinion Research have identified several reasons polls picked the wrong winners in the 2008 Presidential Primary. http://www.physorg.com/news157632787.html Other Sciences Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:53:44 EST news157632787 "You've come a long way, baby." - Virginia Slims cigarette campaign http://www.physorg.com/news157038193.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:43:45 EST news157038193 A new study finds that Iowa reflects the diversity of America more than most other U.S. states and is well-placed to deserve its status as the first presidential nomination primary. In particular, Iowa is particularly typical of the U.S. in economic and social terms. http://www.physorg.com/news156076627.html Other Sciences Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:37:37 EST news156076627 Computer scientists affiliated with the Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS), based at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with scientists at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Belgium, deployed the first practical, web-based implementation of a secure, verifiable voting system for the presidential election held at UCL earlier this week. http://www.physorg.com/news155473407.html Technology Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:03:44 EST news155473407 One of the toughest technological challenges for law enforcement is to simultaneously monitor live feeds from the wireless cameras scattered across their jurisdictions. A nearly impossible task under any circumstances, it was an even greater one for Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration. http://www.physorg.com/news152988620.html Technology Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:50:50 EST news152988620 About nine in 10 Americans heard the rumor that Barack Obama is a Muslim, making it possibly the most prevalent rumor of the 2008 presidential campaign, according to a nationwide survey. However, only 22 percent of those surveyed said they actually believed that Obama is a Muslim. http://www.physorg.com/news151851768.html Other Sciences Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:03:21 EST news151851768 Dr. Paul Haridakis, associate professor of Communication Studies at Kent State University and a long-time scholar in the area of the impact of media on the political landscape in the U.S., is investigating the impact of hugely popular social media's impact on the upcoming presidential contest. http://www.physorg.com/news144674921.html Other Sciences Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:28:41 EST news144674921 The 2008 presidential campaign, as reflected in candidates' television spots, has been one of the most negative campaigns in history. A University of Missouri professor analyzed this year's candidates' television spots, including last night's 30-minute ad by Sen. Barack Obama and found that only one other campaign matched this level of negativity. http://www.physorg.com/news144668679.html Other Sciences Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:44:39 EST news144668679 Now that the general election debates are over, University of Missouri Professor of Communication Willliam Benoit has analyzed the content of the three encounters between Senators McCain and Obama. He found that, overall, these presidential debates looked much like earlier debates. During the presidential debates, 56 percent of the candidate statements were positive (57 percent in past campaigns' debates), 35 percent were attacks (same as in the past), and 7 percent were defenses or refutations of attacks (8 percent historically). http://www.physorg.com/news143803105.html Other Sciences Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:18:25 EST news143803105 Heavy advertising by both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates may actually make voters in battleground states more confused about which candidate to vote for, a new study suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news143725413.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:43:33 EST news143725413 Most of nine forecast models developed by political scientists predict a victory for Senator Barack Obama over Senator John McCain in the two-party contest for the popular vote in the 2008 presidential election. Obama is predicted to win an average of 52% of the vote with an 80% probability that he will gain more than half the total two-party popular vote. http://www.physorg.com/news143373023.html Other Sciences Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:50:23 EST news143373023 Next Tuesday night, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will meet on the debate stage for their second presidential debate, but this time they will not be alone. The candidates will be joined by dozens of "undecided" citizens eager to interrogate the two presidential hopefuls. http://www.physorg.com/news142267621.html Other Sciences Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:47:01 EST news142267621 Toronto, ON (September 30, 2008) - Sunnybrook researcher Dr. Donald Redelmeier and Stanford University statistician Robert Tibshirani have found an increased risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes on United States (US) presidential election days. http://www.physorg.com/news142013087.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:04:47 EST news142013087 The 2008 presidential campaign has been running for a very long time, but we have now entered another phase with the commencement of the debates. Friday night saw the first presidential debate of 2008, between John McCain and Barack Obama. Content analysis, by a University of Missouri expert in campaigns, reveals that most of the statements in this debate were positive (53 percent), followed by attacks (39 percent) and defenses (9 percent). http://www.physorg.com/news141917744.html Other Sciences Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:35:44 EST news141917744 Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are preparing for their first presidential debate this week. William Benoit, one of the nation's leading experts on political campaigns at the University of Missouri, says presidential debates have become an important part of presidential campaigns since 1960. http://www.physorg.com/news141489416.html Other Sciences Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:36:56 EST news141489416 With many polls showing presidential candidates Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain in a dead heat, many are predicting that the first presidential debate on Sept. 26 could be a turning point in the election. In addition, with the surprising selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate, the St. Louis vice presidential debate could be the most viewed in U.S. history. http://www.physorg.com/news141391878.html Other Sciences Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:31:18 EST news141391878 A new approach to determining which candidate will win the most electoral votes in the U.S. Presidential race factors in lessons learned from the 2004 election and uses sophisticated math modeling. The research will be presented at the annual meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). http://www.physorg.com/news140875838.html Other Sciences Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:10:38 EST news140875838 A case study of the 2004 U.S. Presidential election by researchers at Yale shows that prediction markets are proving to be a strong forecasting tool, one that may have an impact in calling the current presidential contest between Democrat Senator Barack Obama and Republican Senator John McCain, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). http://www.physorg.com/news138023417.html Other Sciences Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:50:17 EST news138023417