News tagged with presidential

Expat French get Internet vote for first time

French citizens will for the first time this year be able to vote in a parliamentary election over the Internet, an experiment that could be extended to other elections if successful.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cable TV top source for US political news: study

Cable television is the leading source of US political news for Americans, according to a study released Tuesday, but fewer people are closely following the presidential campaign than four years ago.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Republicans and democrats less divided than commonly thought

Republicans and Democrats are less divided in their attitudes than popularly believed, according to new research. It is exactly those perceptions of polarization, however, that help drive political engagement, researchers ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Gingrich vows to establish a colony on the moon (Update)

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has stirred strong passions by claiming he will establish a permanent moon base by 2020 if elected, but experts say he is living on another planet.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5

N.H. voters have become less Republican since 1960s, new research shows

New Hampshire voters are about to observe their first-in-the-nation presidential primary. However, someone will be missing from this civic celebration: the Yankee Republican, that rural stalwart of New England ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obama health care

The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to take up the case of President Barack Obama's landmark health care reform, which has come under fire from rival Republicans, in a move which could weigh on next year's elections.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preferences shaped by evolution draw voters to candidates with lower-pitched voices

Voters prefer to choose candidates with lower-pitched voices, according to new findings by researchers at McMaster University.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

US to study alternate route for US-Canada pipeline

The US government said Thursday it would study an alternate route for a controversial US-Canada oil pipeline, and pushed back its final decision on the project until 2013 -- after next year's presidential ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Obama campaign takes to Tumblr

US President Barack Obama added popular microblogging platform Tumblr on Monday to the Internet arsenal for his 2012 re-election campaign.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Crowdsourcing democracy through social media

Today the citizens of Liberia will participate in just their second presidential election since the country emerged from a brutal civil war in 2003, and in such an environment the specter of violence or other ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obama asks Supreme Court to rule on health care

President Barack Obama's administration Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to uphold his historic health care law, likely sparking an explosive legal showdown in the heat of the 2012 election.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US won't ask for review of court's health care ruling

The Obama administration said Tuesday it would not ask a US appeals court to reconsider its finding that part of the landmark health reform bill is unconstitutional.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Author says presidential primary debates allow audiences for candidates, can influence election

(PhysOrg.com) -- Primary debate season, an important time in each presidential election, is under way, and a Kansas State University political communication expert says these debates can influence the direction of the election.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Is smartphone technology the future of US elections?

With more and more Americans upgrading to smartphones, and as smartphone capabilities continue to improve, even the U.S. government is considering innovative ways to harness this advancing technology. Human factors/ergonomics ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The waning of American apartheid? Residential segregation declines in U.S. metros

The ideal of equal housing opportunities is closer to becoming a reality in most major U.S. metro areas, according to a University of Michigan researcher.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 15