(HONG KONG) — Pro-Beijing parties in Hong Kong trounced the opposition as voters in the Chinese territory expressed discontent with pro-democratic parties in local elections that may predict the outcome of more important polls next year. Results from Sunday’s poll were released early Monday for individual candidates‚ but the government did not immediately provide a breakdown by political party.(See more on the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.) The South China Morning Post newspaper says candidates
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“Thirteen years of conservative misrule” How far does this explain Labour’s election victory in 1964? (50) In 1951 Winston Churchill’s Conservative party‚ won the general election‚ and this would be the start of 13 years of Conservative rule spanning three prime ministers. This rule was ended in 1964 by Harold Wilson’s reunited Labour party. In this essay‚ I will look at the factors which led to the Labour victory. Whilst in power the Conservative government made many mistakes‚ a key example
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Why did the Conservatives loose the general election of 1945? The conservatives lost the general election in 1945 for a number of reasons some of which were the attitudes of many of the British after the war and the way the country had been run in the time leading up to the election. The labour party had gone from a party which people feared as being socialist to a party which during the war had shown was very much a balanced party which would not ruin the middle and upper classes and yet provide
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Should electronic voting systems be used in political elections? MSc Software Development • 28 January 2013 INTRODUCTION As a modern nation under a democratically elected government‚ providing a reliable‚ userfriendly balloting system for the electorate is an important requirement. Given the ubiquity of information technology and its utilisation into a constantly expanding array of industries and services‚ governments around the world have been debating‚ trialling and even implementing the
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To what extent did Arthur Balfour cause the defeat of the conservatives in the 1906 election? Arthur Balfour was elected as prime minister in 1902 after Salisbury retired and gained the approval of the unionists‚ even though it appeared to quite a few people in the parliament that Arthur Balfour wasn’t actually up to the job. Many say that the Tariff reform was his down fall in the long run but it is debatable. He steered the Education act through parliament‚ which benefited a lot of people.
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Did the Election of 1828 Represent a Democratic Revolt of the People? Despite the outcome I fully believe that the election of 1828 did in fact‚ create a democratic revolt of the people because of the social and political backlash that the election created. The election of Andrew Jackson as President in 1828 marked the beginning of an era known as Jacksonian Democracy or the Age of the Common Man. The changes in politics during Jackson’s presidency provided various social and economic changes
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coverage of the U.S. presidential election involves two key elements- news reporting and paid advertising. Combined they make the media an important and influential factor in the election process. The media depends upon the campaigns for both news and revenues. The candidates then rely upon the media to get in touch with the largest number of voters possible. The Media has a " very powerful and justifiable role" (Fullerton-1) to play in presidential elections and can actually dictate a campaign
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The landmark Supreme Court case‚ Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) changed the system of political campaign contributions in the United States. In the close 5-4 decision‚ the Supreme Court ruled that organizations are allowed to make unlimited political donations. The Justices reached their decision using the First Amendment‚ which pertains to free speech. To state it plainly‚ money equals speech. Surely‚ the Justices in favor of the decision assumed that the donor groups or individuals
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Why did Obama win the 2008 election and Kerry lose the 2005 election PEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Barack Obama was thrown into the Presidential race almost 4 years before the election; at the start of George W. Bush’s 2nd term. His charisma and intelligence became apparent after the famous speech made at the 2004 Democrat Convention in Illinois; propelling him into the candidacy. Witnesses at the event‚ described his speech as “one of the great convention speeches of all time”[1]‚ “something truly
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Explain why the Tories won the General Election in 1959? The Tories won in the 1959 was a due to a culmination of factors that both forced Labour’s downfall in support and promulgated “just how good life was” for the British people under Tory rule. Possibly the most important reason for the Tory victory was the growing economic prosperity. This ideology was one of the Tories key focuses since they came back into power in the post war elections of 1951 and Macmillan did a sterling job in continuing
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