News tagged with undecided voters
Undecided voters may already have decided, study suggests
Oct 28, 2008 |
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Do "undecided" voters actually make their choices before they realize? That is a question University of Virginia psychology professor Brian Nosek and his colleagues are trying to answer.
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 ...
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 ...
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Research shows pollsters how the undecided will vote
Aug 21, 2008 |
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As the American Presidential election approaches, pollsters are scrambling to predict who will win. A study by a team of researchers at The University of Western Ontario, Canada, and the University of Padova, Italy, may give ...
MU expert says presidential debates likely to be as significant as 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate
Sep 23, 2008 |
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With many polls showing presidential candidates Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain in a dead heat, many are predicting that the first presidential debate on Sept. 26 could be a turning point in the election. ...
Young voters influenced by negative political ads, says study
Feb 12, 2008 |
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In the April issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, an important field study of registered voters aged 18-23 reveals that negative “attack” ads provoke more voter migration than positive ads. Researchers from Notre Dame a ...
Voting for a candidate is not about policy or experience -- it's about charisma, researchers find
Oct 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a matter of seconds, voters can decide -- based on their perception of a candidate's charisma -- which of two candidates will win a race. About 60 percent of the time, they are correct, according to a ...
Majority of voters say election outcome will make a great deal of difference on key issues
Oct 28, 2008 |
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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 whether ...
Elections study: Voters like fresh faces at polling places
Oct 28, 2008 |
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A new study shows counties can boost voters' trust in elections by making an investment in the human side of elections by recruiting new poll workers.
Voters confused by e-voting technologies
Jan 28, 2008 |
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A study led by the University of Maryland suggested that electronic U.S. voting technologies are efficient but too many voters ask for help too often.
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.
Are women voters more likely to vote for female candidates?
Mar 31, 2008 |
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The research, conducted by University of Wisconsin’s Kathleen Dolan, examined the National Election Study (NES) data, which provided information about voters’ reactions to female candidates and whether gender affinity was ...
Extreme appeal: voters trust extreme positions more than moderate ones, study finds
Aug 08, 2008 |
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Trying to appear moderate is not always the best strategy for capturing votes during an election, reveals a new study. Extreme positions can build trust among an electorate, who value ideological commitment in times of uncertainty.
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