News tagged with presidential

Study shows voter turnout can be increased with simple word change

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by social psychologist Christopher Bryan and his colleagues at Stanford University shows just how easily people can be manipulated using their own vanity; by doing nothing more than changing the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Presidential election outcome changed voters' testosterone

(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 ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Computer scientists deploy first practical, Web-based, secure, verifiable voting system

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 ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (30) | comments 12

Online tool can detect patterns in US election news coverage

The US presidential election dominates the global media every four years, with news articles, which are carefully analysed by commentators and campaign strategists, playing a major role in shaping voter opinion. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

People tend to exaggerate influence of political ads on others

The push for campaign finance reform may be driven by a tendency to overestimate the power of political messages to influence other people's opinions, according to researchers.

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created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

How a candidate moves influences how you vote (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The perceived health of an election candidate can predict how people will vote according to recently published research- and voters can form opinions about how healthy a candidate is based solely on the way ...

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created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Political views may skew perception of skin tone, new study finds

(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 ...

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Democrats Seen as the 'Undeserving Rich' Face Rejection by Party Voters

(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.

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created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Presidential primary 2008 polls: What went wrong

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.

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created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Healthy marriage interventions: A boon or a bust?

Conventional wisdom, backed by years of research, suggests that healthy marriages equals a healthy society. And politicians and government officials have taken note, investing hundreds of millions of dollars each year in ...

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Unconscious racial attitudes playing large role in 2012 presidential vote

After the 2008 election of President Barack Obama, many proclaimed that the country had entered a post-racial era in which race was no longer an issue. However, a new large-scale study shows that racial attitudes have already ...

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created May 07, 2012 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (9) | comments 6

Twitter, Facebook to steamroll French vote result rules

Widespread use of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter is set to steamroller France's laws restricting the announcement of the results of Sunday's first-round presidential election.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Political blogging on the right and the left

Los Angeles, CA (April 19, 2012) As presidential candidates from both parties gear up for the big day in November, more and more people are turning to political blogs to provide them with the latest news on the election-front. ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | 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 ...

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

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 ...

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