Essays on Election Page 2

Elections 1954  were held in March 1954 under the India Act of 1935, and on the basis of universal adult franchise. The contesting parties in the elections were the ruling muslim league and a five-party alliance called united front. The major partners of the Front were the Awami Muslim League led by Maulana abdul hamid…

Swing Vote is an extraordinary film that tells the story of Bud, a lazy individual whose politically knowledgeable daughter Molly is his only valuable asset. On election day, Bud fails to meet Molly at the polling place, prompting her to take matters into her own hands and attempt to cast a vote. However, her plans…

The book, Piers Plowman, and the poem, The Last Election, both use allegorical figures to teach readers morals and values. William Langland, the author of Piers Plowman, utilizes various strategies in the first chapter, or Passus I, to convey these teachings. Similarly, John Haines employs strategies in The Last Election to depict the concept of…

he 1828 election is arguably one of the most significant elections in American history which involved perhaps the longest presidential campaigns. The historical race involved the incumbent, John Quincy Adams, and the once-defeated Andrew Jackson. The election is deemed significant in the political arena as it marked the beginning of modern American politics and the…

In 2001, Secretary of State Sam Reed launched a program that encourages young people to vote. Dubbed as “Take Pride in America and Vote” the program included a tour through five Washington schools. Mr. Reed says that young citizens should remember that they are fortunate enough to enjoy true freedom and democracy, and that they…

The All India Trinamul Congress pulled off a landslide victory in a historic decision in West Bengal by defeating the Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Front after 34 years of the Left’s rule in the state. Apart from the State of Bengal, Assam’s election results reaffirmed people’s faith in the erstwhile Chief Minister…

Approximately 280 groups registered with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to participate in the May 13, 2013 party-list elections. However, Comelec disqualified 52 groups for not representing the “marginalized and underrepresented sector,” or for failing to prove their nominees belong to the sectoral group they aim to represent, or for lacking a track record as…

It could be argued that the UUP has been unsuccessful in mounting any challenge to the DUP. The DUP remains the dominant unionist party, and it has been since 2003. It was founded in the 1970s by Ian Paisley and was based on the principles of implacable opposition to nationalism and opposition to any weakening…

The purpose of the study is to focus on negative political advertisements and their effect on voter turnout. I will use an experimental design that manipulates the manner of television advertising while keeping many of the other aspects of the advertisement constant. To successfully execute this research, I will study people, the subjects during an…

Why the Gore/Bush Election is such a mess Right now, America is in a time of uncertainty about this election. The race between Al Gore and George W. Bush is the closest presidential race the country has seen in its history. With an election this close, many controversial issues have also risen from it. There…