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Driving fatalities surge on US presidential election days
Sep 30, 2008 |
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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 ...
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Implicit political attitudes can predict future voting behavior
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 25, 2008 |
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In many political elections, undecided voters come to a decision about who they will vote for only a few days before the vote, if not the very same day of the election. A new study in the journal Political Psychology reveal ...
Support for racial equality may be victim of Obama's election
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Election forecast predicts democrats will gain 3 seats in Senate, 11 in House
Oct 21, 2008 |
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An election forecast model developed by a political scientist 99 days before the 2008 elections and before the recent Wall Street crisis predicts significant Democratic gains in the 2008 congressional elections—including ...
New Data Support Use Of Instant Run-Off Voting
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New data collected as part of a North Carolina State University study during the 2009 municipal election in Hendersonville, N.C., show that voters prefer instant run-off voting (IRV) to traditional voting ...
Mobile phones, Facebook, YouTube cut in Iran
Jun 14, 2009 |
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The main mobile telephone network in Iran was cut in the capital Tehran Saturday evening while popular Internet websites Facebook and YouTube also appeared to be blocked, correspondents said.
Pre-election surveys show deep concern about state of health care
Oct 30, 2008 |
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With only a few days remaining before Election Day, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health and the Kaiser Family Foundation, writing for the November 6, 2008, New England Journal of Medicine, find that seven in ten ...
6 of 9 presidential election forecasts predict Obama will win 2008 popular vote
Oct 16, 2008 |
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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 ...
Presidential primary 2008 polls: What went wrong
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Mar 30, 2009 |
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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.
Research: Wisconsin primary results could provide strong clue about Texas and Ohio primaries
Feb 18, 2008 |
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The Wisconsin primary on Tuesday could be a bellwether for primaries in Ohio and Texas, according to analysis by two University of Washington researchers. The findings indicate that in American politics, race still matters.
Measuring the 'Colbert Bump'
Aug 13, 2008 |
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Democratic politicians receive a 40% increase in contributions in the 30 days after appearing on the comedy cable show The Colbert Report. In contrast, their Republican counterparts essentially gain nothing. These findings ...
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