election

The term election typically refers to a process where voters choose, though a system of balloting, a candidate to fill a particular office. In the United States, elections are held to elect positions from local village presidents to the President and leader of the Country.

In a country where freedom of speech reigns supreme, web users have the opportunity to share thoughts, write parody, blog about and rally support for their adopted candidate(s).  Further, today's candidates have the opportunity to promote themselves.  Constituents can research a candidate's life work, create entries on their blogs, donate money and volunteer to help with a campaign.  Candidates can create buzz by uploading videos of their campaign trail.

The web has created a system that allows voters to be as informed and active as they choose to be in any election. Elections in the U.S. are a right and privilege of each qualified citizen.  Now, no voter has to go into an election booth without a clear understanding of what he or she is voting for.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “election”

• DFL, Cowardly Establishment GOP Strategist Criticizes Bachmann

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 138
  It isn’t a secret that some within the GOP establishment prefer keeping Michele Bachmann arm’s distance away. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me if Michele wore that as a badge of honor. Nonetheless, the establishment snipers persist like they did in this City Pages hit piece : But more importantly, ...
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• [EU Pres] Herman Van Rompuy: now communist sister tells why she disagrees with his politics

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  Christine Van Rompuy has given up talking to her brother about politics. The siblings political paths diverged when in their youth - and in a recent election campaign her party produced a leaflet which mercilessly lampooned him as a clown. Herman Van Rompuy was mercilessly cartooned as a clown - in a leaflet produced ...
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• Moily favors more powers to election commission

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  New Delhi, Nov 22 (ANI) : Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily has opined that the Election Commission of India should be given more powers to check electoral malpractices.Addressing a seminar on electoral reforms here Moily said: “Can we not make the system work, even after the election, pursue it? Is ...
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• Gap between Labour and Tories narrowing down: Poll

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  London, Nov. 22 (ANI): The Conservative party is ahead of the Labours just by six points, according to a new poll. It has been the narrowest gap reported by a poll this year between the David Cameron-led Tories and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Labour party. The Liberal Democrats were on 17 per cent [...]
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• Landrieu To Reid: No Triggers, No Bill–Negotiating Compromise With Schumer

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) tells TPMDC that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)--one of the architects of the opt-out public option--is now negotiating with members on the compromise that wont die: triggers.
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• Two polls, same timing, different outcomes. Eh?

  
  politicalbetting.com — Authority: 141
  How can we explain both MORI and ICM? One thing you must not do, when you see a shock polling outcome such as the survey for by MORI for the Observer this morning, is immediately to conclude that it must be a rogue or an outlier. The fact is that we don’t know. You can only label a poll like that with the ...
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• Chicago News Cooperative: At Work in Washington, at Home in Manny’s Deli

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 916
  The senior adviser to President Obama maintains a rumpled modesty and his Chicago roots, despite doing the world’s business.
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• Late Night Saturday: Village Of Our Damned

  
  Emptywheel — Authority: 729
  For some strange reason, I have the distinct pleasure of getting the Chris Matthews Show, the syndicated half hour one, before most folks, on Saturday afternoon at 5:00 pm local time. What a constant thrill. Today Matthews had on the sage panel of Joe Klein TIME; Norah O’Donnell MSNBC; Anne Kornblut The Washington ...
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• TOC Blog Feature: UK election vs S’pore election

  
  The Online Citizen — Authority: 557
  Excerpts from the blog, Singapore Lighthouse : I was listening to BBC sometime last week and was surprised that the newscaster announced that the UK election will be held in 2010 (I had forgotten if they mentioned any specific date). However with the advance of then Internet, I google the UK election 2010 and ...
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• My thoughts on Sarah Palin

  
  Michael Wolfe — Authority: 113
  Sarah is a controversial person at this point. Supporters of the Pelosi-Reid-Obama health care bills are up in arms over her pointed comments. She isn’t even holding an office and yet she is seemingly feared above all the conservatives of whatever party. the AP dispatches 11 reporters to “fact check” her book, ...
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• BagongBotante.Ph : The radio, the vote and the hacker

  
  Azrael's Merryland — Authority: 482
  I posted a new entry at the bagongbotante.ph website and I just posted my comment about how hackers can hack in to the voting machine. Well, if you are as good as the T-1000 ot a T-X robot from the Terminator movie, you can hack in less than 1 minute. Read more about my post here at ...
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• Chapter Four – Going Rogue (Part 2 of 3)

  
  The Mudflats — Authority: 606
  Page 254 (Posted previously in sneak peek) A TV station in Alaska was willing to spend any amount to get a local reporter on the scene of the nomination to ask “simple, softball scripted questions,” but the campaign wouldn’t allow it. She was hoping the national media would pick up on the simple softball ...
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• New Consensus Sees Stimulus Package as Worthy Step

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Jalin Willis checked the job listings in Denver last month. The nations unemployment rate topped 10 percent this month.
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• Zimbabwe Officials Fail to Meet for Talks to Resolve Power Sharing Dispute

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 157
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• Poll boost for PM as economy grows

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Chance of hung parliament as Conservative lead falls to 6% Labours hopes of avoiding a general election rout at the hands of David Camerons Tories will be boosted today as a new poll shows a sharp fall in the Conservatives lead, raising the possibility of a hung parliament. The Ipsos MORI survey for the Observer , ...
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• Why its very likely the next parliament will be doubly hung

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 162
  With todays poll suggesting a shrinking Tory lead, David Cameron could find himself governing with a tiny majority or none at all A spectre is stalking the corridors of Westminster, the spectre of a hung parliament. The prospect induces a jostle of emotions: a rare sensation of hope for Labour people, a creeping ...
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• Like Gordon Brown, David Cameron has lost the element of surprise

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 162
  With the Tory lead down to six points, Cameron must prepare for a close-run race IN POLITICS, as in war, an element of surprise is vital. It is not an advantage Gordon Brown is likely to seize. He has a record of missing opportunities to confound low expectations. The Queens Speech last week was an example: ...
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• New polls show Britain could face hung parliament

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  A Tory landslide seemed inevitable at the next general election. But recent soundings show a different trend as Labour benefits from optimism about the economy Alastair Campbell is not normally one to trash the state of the nation under a Labour government. But in a recent post on his blog he listed a stack of ...
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• Hung parliaments are the death of government: I should know, I was a minister in one

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Ministers in minority governments live from day to day, hoping to find the right moment to call the general election that will give them a decisive majority but fearing that it will be forced on them at a time when their unpopularity guarantees defeat. They may hang on for years – as we in Labour did in the 1970s ...
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• Ive no problem voting Conservative, but Im still not convinced by this lot

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 162
  There is a lot of sense in Tory thinking but they must do more to close the gap between rich and poor Although the next election sometimes seems like a choice between root canal work and an operation for haemorrhoids, I do at least know which of the two parties I dislike more. The Blair-Brown thing is done and I will ...
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