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- Online Poll. // Las Vegas Business Press (10712186);2/18/2008, Vol. 25 Issue 7, p8
The article presents the result of an online poll that asked whether billionaire casino owners in the U.S. should be allowed to participate in the political process like other business owners. Thirty-six percent said that the First Amendment guarantees it, however, 27% pointed that their ability...
- Business Groups Look for Gov. to Rebound. Fine, Howard // Orange County Business Journal;9/26/2005, Vol. 28 Issue 39, p3
Reports on the decline in the approval rating of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in California. Concern of the business supporters to his inability to steer a steady course that could spell disaster next year; Fund raising campaign of the public employee unions which have been airing a series of...
- Bouncing poll numbers, When to retire campaign debt. Varoga, Craig // Campaigns & Elections (1996);Feb2003, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p53
Provides answers to questions concerning election campaigns in the U.S. Factors that contributed to discrepancies in poll results; Importance of get out the vote efforts and television advertising for campaigns; Options on dealing with campaign debt.
- How to Keep Polling Costs Within Your Overall Budget. Cohen, Michael D. // Campaigns & Elections (1996);Aug2004, Vol. 25 Issue 7, p42
Gives advice to political candidates on how to keep polling costs within the overall budget. Establishment of the polling budget as a percentage of the campaign costs; Employment of pollsters who will handle all possible costs; Selection of the right number and mix of interviews.
- Interpreting the Predictive Uncertainty of Elections. Fair, Ray C. // Journal of Politics;Apr2009, Vol. 71 Issue 2, p612
This paper provides an interpretation of the uncertainty that exists on election morning as to who will win. It is based on the theory that there are a number of possible conditions of nature that can exist on election day, of which one is drawn. Political betting markets provide a way of trying...
- Poll Readings. // National Journal;9/25/99, Vol. 31 Issue 39, p2758
Presents the results of several public opinion polls in the United States as of September 1999. Public opinion on George W. Bush; Views on campaign fund raising; Public opinion on political parties.
- The DOE's PR Nightmare. // Technology & Learning;Apr2005, Vol. 25 Issue 9, p4
The article focuses on the people's reactions to the U.S. Department of Education's (DOE) $240,000 spending on commentator Armstrong Williams to prop up No Child Left Behind. The Department received a whole lot of negative reaction from the readers of this journal. An overwhelming 91 percent of...
- Competition policy for elections: Do campaign contribution limits matter? Stratmann, Thomas; J. Aparicio-Castillo, Francisco // Public Choice;Apr2006, Vol. 127 Issue 1/2, p177
This paper examines whether campaign contribution restrictions have consequences for election outcomes. States are a natural laboratory to examine this issue. We analyze elections to Assemblies from 1980 to 2001 and determine whether candidates' vote shares are altered by changes in state...
- A STUDY OF FAR RIGHT RESSENTIMENT IN AMERICA. Schuman, Howard; Krysan, Maria // International Journal of Public Opinion Research;Spring96, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p10
Three samples from a major U.S. metropolitan area are used within a quasi-experimental design to study individuals who contributed money to the far right campaign of David Duke to become Governor of Louisiana in 1991 Using mail survey and Census data, contributors are compared both with their...
