News tagged with presidential
Presidential election outcome changed voters' testosterone
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Computer scientists deploy first practical, Web-based, secure, verifiable voting system
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 05, 2009 |
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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 ...
Political views may skew perception of skin tone, new study finds
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Democrats Seen as the 'Undeserving Rich' Face Rejection by Party Voters
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 11, 2009 |
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(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.
Presidential primary 2008 polls: What went wrong
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
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.
Study: Voters in battleground states more ambivalent about presidential candidates
Oct 20, 2008 |
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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.
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 ...
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 ...
White House rhetoric is important in forming foreign policy opinions
Dec 01, 2009 |
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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 ...
People seek balanced political information to defend their positions
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(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.
Tech's new love
Aug 21, 2009 |
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There was a time in Silicon Valley when the political game was practically sneered upon.
Study finds 18- to 24-year-old group more politically active, but not more knowledgeable
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2009 |
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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 ...
States that vote early can reap big bucks if they pick a winner
Apr 06, 2009 |
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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 ...
Support for racial equality may be victim of Obama's election
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 23, 2009 |
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"You've come a long way, baby." - Virginia Slims cigarette campaign
Keeping an eye on the Inauguration
Feb 04, 2009 |
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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, ...
