at economic and criminal cases decided by the courts, I find two trends: (1) in an non-competitive election, the justices …

The dominant assumption is that the Obama campaign in the 2008 election was able to effectively utilize the Internet as …

In the United Kingdom, Smith (2003;2004) has illustrated that prime ministers make their decision to call an election … to maximize the chance for re-election. This argument should be applicable to other majoritarian systems, yet various …

In 2000, as part of Tony Blairﾒs promised devolution of British government, an election was held for a newly created … and re-elected mayor. In the 2008 election, Livingstone was defeated by an equally unconventional candidate, Conservative …

following congressional election. Using data collected from a variety of sources, including the House Clerkﾒs Office and the …

Displaying a political yard sign is a conspicuous element of the election experience but an understudied act of …,000 households in Franklin County, Ohio from the 2008 presidential election cycle. In addition to traditional predictors of …

This paper examines an update of a gubernatorial election forecast model that was based on the DeSart and Holbrook … presidential election forecast model …

democratic experience and strong party ties. Utilizing the 1990 German Unification Election Study, I examine a natural experiment …

voting when an incumbent president runs for re-election, and engage in prospective voting when he does not run. In the 2008 … American presidential election, however, voters cast their vote to Obama as a punishment to Bush administration even though the … President Bush didn't run for re-election. Previous researches also argue that if voters are disappointed with economic …