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Numbers Game: NC State Research Gives New Look to Election Statistics
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Nov 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As the nation watched the results of the 2008 election roll in, political devotees were faced with a host of graphs and charts reflecting polling data from around the country. Now political aficionados have ...
Numbers Game: NC State Research Gives New Look to Election Statistics
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Nov 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As the 2008 election draws to a close, political devotees have a new way to dissect election statistics, thanks to a North Carolina State University computer scientist.
Latest Electoral College forecast shows McCain ahead by as many as 27 votes
Sep 17, 2008 |
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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 ...
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Probing Question: Is the Electoral College an outdated system?
Feb 28, 2008 |
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In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore beat George Bush by more than 500,000 votes, yet the lasting image of that campaign is poll workers in Florida examining voter cards for hanging chads. At stake were ...
Math of elections says voters win with 'winner take all'
Apr 10, 2007 |
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If we want individuals and small groups to have the democratic power to elect the president fairly, we must score presidential elections by winner-take-all states--not in a single giant national district too large for small ...
Neurons found to be similar to Electoral College
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2009 |
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A tiny neuron is a very complicated structure. Its complex network of dendrites, axons and synapses is constantly dealing with information, deciding whether or not to send a nerve impulse, to drive a certain action.
Prediction markets strong at forecasting US presidential elections, says new management insights
Aug 15, 2008 |
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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 ...
MU professor analyzes presidential debates
Oct 21, 2008 |
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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, ...
Spouses as campaign surrogates
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Spouses of presidential candidates are employed in campaigns more strategically and intensively than ever before. New research by political scientists concludes that the ability of presidential and vice-presidential candidates’ ...
Benefit of a mentor: Disadvantaged teens twice as likely to attend college
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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Adult mentors give teens a 50 percent greater likelihood of attending college.Mentorship by a teacher nearly doubles the odds of attending college for disadvantaged students.The students who need mentors the ...
Study finds increased fragmentation of TV news audiences along party lines
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Television news audiences are divided along party lines like never before, according to a new University of Georgia study that warns the trend may have damaging consequences for political discourse and democracy in America.
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 ...
Australian students 'pro-rape' Facebook scandal
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Members of an elite Australian college linked to Sydney University provoked outrage Tuesday after it was revealed they had set up a "pro-rape" group on social networking site Facebook.
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