Whether you want to promote your favorite candidate or party or you just want to help remind people of how important it is to vote, elections MySpace layouts are a fun and easy way to get your message out there.
Don’t get the idea that political MySpace layouts don’t have anything more to offer than photos [...]
Getting that message out to the voters - it’s going to begin soon! The wonderful advertising round of the Presidential 2008 election season underway. Already, the major candidates have each blessed us with a “Holiday wishes” ad spot. It was brief, sweet, and to the point, and not shown too often, so that viewers don’t [...]
The United States is not a Democracy? What an outrageous claim to make! Or so it would seem…
In fact, the United States of America is actually a Republic. The other terms bandied about amongst political scientists are “Representative Democracy” and “Constitutional Republic”. And this isn’t just a dictionary-zealot splitting hairs here; there are very important [...]
No matter which candidate you support, it’s easy to see that for elections to be truly fair and inclusive, the more eligible voters who cast their ballots the better. Finding ways to increase voter turnout isn’t just a job for politicians and government officials, though. There’s a lot the average person can do to help [...]
United States Presidential candidates for 2008 have a growing factor to address: the increased usage of the Internet. Fully half the people on Earth are going online now, and the United States is one of the most wired countries in the world.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990’s bringing the Cold War to an end, there was a lot of celebrating and flag-waving. But some very sensible throats in the back gave a nervous gulp. Because the inevitable aftermath of this was that the United States was left as the only standing Superpower. And [...]
The ground shook in the year 2000, as the cries of outrage rang across the United States. “What do you MEAN the popular vote didn’t win!?!?!” One could hardly blame the citizens for being shocked; the last time this happened was in 1888! The Electoral College vote had over-ridden the popular vote. George Bush was [...]
Hilary Clinton was boldly running for President in 2008, and the thought may seem unusual, since we’ve never had a woman President. We have, however, had a President election with a woman on the ballot before - 13 elections, in fact! Here’s a look at some of the more notable cases of this phenomena, and [...]
In the United States, the two-party system has been so all-encompassing of American politics as to nearly obliterate all traces of an option. Recent criticism has been directed at how the two parties are actually the same one, with words like “Republocrat” and “Demican” used as derogatory names for the two main parties. However, the [...]
Bone up on your political jargon with this handy list of political phrases and expressions. While there are many of these, this list may be especially relevant to Presidential Election 2008, so keep an eye out for spotting these concepts as the race unfolds in all its drama!
Lame duck - This is an elected official [...]