Elections are nail-biting affairs for several reasons, including their seeming lack of predictability. Forecasts of results delivered with great confidence before balloting regularly get upended.
Mathematics
Mar 29, 2023
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Hate speech on social media is a major issue across many regions of the world, including Southeast Asia.
Social Sciences
Mar 23, 2023
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Estonia, a small country in northern Europe, reached a digital milestone when the country headed to the polls on March 5, 2023.
Political science
Mar 20, 2023
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Childhood volunteering encourages those from politically disengaged homes to go on and vote when they are older, a major new study shows.
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2023
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The U.S. immigration system is slow and stymied by politics, but the border crisis represents an opportunity to address gaps in the American labor market, according to a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for ...
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2023
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Interracial relationships between friends, acquaintances and relatives were more than twice as likely to dissolve after the 2016 election than those of the same race, a study recently published by sociologists at the University ...
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2023
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Last weekend, climate activists again blocked the A12 highway near The Hague to draw attention to the climate crisis. The farmers' movement does not shy away from harsh, disruptive actions either. To what extent do these ...
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2023
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In May 2022, Bongbong Marcos won the presidential election in the Philippines with a commanding 59% of the vote, stunning many political scholars.
Political science
Mar 9, 2023
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Technology nearly derailed the conclusion of the 2023 presidential elections in Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission could not fulfill its promise to transmit election results from the polling units on its ...
Political science
Mar 3, 2023
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A new paper in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, measures the overall impact of electoral campaigns and finds that televised debates have little effect on the formation of voter choice. ...
Political science
Mar 2, 2023
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