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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In 1936, when the influential American political scientist Harold Laswell published his seminal work Politics: Who Gets What, When, How, he couldn't have foreseen that the book's title would soon become a standard, lay definition ...
Economics & Business
Feb 20, 2023
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Younger first-time voters in Scotland retain a habit of voting in elections and participate in greater numbers than older first-time voters, a study suggests.
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2023
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Most people think democracy is something that adults do and regard the prospect of children voting as too silly to even contemplate. In the early 20th century, many democracies began (ostensibly) operating with universal ...
Social Sciences
Dec 28, 2022
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SciLine interviewed Jan Leighley, professor of government in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 4, 2022. Leighley discussed how early voting affects turnout, how turnout differs ...
Social Sciences
Dec 6, 2022
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Attempts to stop voters getting to polling stations, increase waiting times to place a ballot or add restrictions on who can vote are becoming issues in democracies around the world.
Political science
Nov 21, 2022
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Soon after the first results had been declared in the 2020 US midterm elections it became clear that the "red wave" of Republican victories many pundits had thought would hand them control of both houses of Congress was not ...
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2022
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When people think about making elections secure, they often think about voting machines, cybersecurity and mechanical threats. They don't think about people.
Political science
Nov 8, 2022
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When groups of people need to reach a decision, they will often take a straw poll to test opinions before the official vote. New research from the University of Washington shows that one specific voting method proved more ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2022
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