Posts Tagged ‘U.S. presidential elections’
Forecast: US will regain 9M jobs by 2014
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Over the next two years, the US economy will regain the rest of the nearly 9 million jobs lost in the Great Recession, economists predict. Continue…
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 15:29 - 3 Comments
Society & Culture - Nov 2, 2012 10:08 - 9 Comments
FDR’s economic policy: top of class
GEORGIA TECH (US) — A newly-released report card that grades presidents on their economic performance names Franklin D. Roosevelt class valedictorian. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 25, 2012 16:06 - 2 Comments
Presidential candidates: Image trumps issues
U. CHICAGO / U. MICHIGAN (US) — The wide swings in debate performances by this year’s presidential candidates reflect the fact that in modern campaigns, a candidate’s image is the message, say linguistic anthropologists. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 22, 2012 11:26 - 0 Comments
Religion’s impact grows for wealthy white voters
CORNELL (US) — Religion’s influence on voter choice intensified between the 1980 and 2008 elections, but only among upper-income white Protestants and Catholics, a new study shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 13, 2012 13:13 - 1 Comment
ID laws may keep 700,000 youth from voting
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — New photo ID laws could have a dramatic effect on voter turnout among young people of color, including in the battleground states of Florida and Pennsylvania. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 29, 2011 11:44 - 1 Comment
Voters savvy to newspaper bias
BROWN (US) — Newspaper endorsements for presidential candidates can influence voting decisions, but only if the paper’s pick is a credible one. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 13, 2011 11:59 - 0 Comments
Early primary voters have 5x influence
BROWN U. (US) — Voters in Iowa, New Hampshire, and other states with early primary races have up to five times the influence of voters in later states in selecting presidential candidates. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 2, 2009 13:02 - 8 Comments
Bias colors opinion on Obama policies
UC IRVINE (US)—Racial prejudice plays a role in driving reactions to President Obama and his policies, psychologist Eric Knowles has found. (more…)
