News tagged with candidates


4 in 10 voters don't see either Obama or McCain health-care plan as better for them

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As part of the ongoing poll series, Debating Health: Election 2008, the Harvard Public Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Harris Interactive® conducted a new survey focused on how ...


Gender is a relative term in politics, study finds

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 30, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For only the second time in presidential debate history, a female nominee will take the stage to spar with a male opponent. While Geraldine Ferraro broke new ground in 1984, it has taken 24 years for another female to be ...


MU expert looks back to debate 1 and forward to the vice presidential debate

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 29, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Optimism experts handicap the presidential election with about 6 weeks remaining until Nov. 4

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 26, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

With less than six weeks until the general election, a University of Pennsylvania study analyzing the relative optimism of the 2008 presidential and vice presidential candidates has found Barack Obama and John McCain to be ...


Presidential debates are mostly positive and emphasize policy

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


CEOs hired from outside a firm are more likely to be dismissed

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 04, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A new study in Strategic Management Journal reveals that Boards of Directors commonly make mistakes in CEO appointments when they hire CEOs from outside the firm. The Board knows less than the external CEO candidates regard ...



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