...CFA) and leading to a less-cooperative relationship with the Chinese government. The economic and political tensions between the Taiwanese and Chinese governments has been a significant issue in Asia. Ma’s and Tsai’s election campaigns demonstrated the reliance of Taiwanese politicians on emotional appeals and how candidates frame the national identity. In contrast to political debate in Western democracies, the discourse of Taiwan’s presidential...
Illustration by Kaela Chambers In 2010, the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission held that corporations and unions could not be prohibited from broadcasting electioneering communications (ads that mention a candidate) within 60 days of a general election or 30 days of a primary, which had previously been the restriction of the McCain-Feingold Act since 2002. What does this mean for the way campaigns and policymaking a...
...President Augusto Pinochet. It can be hard to tell whether consultants work to sell an ideology or only to bring in a paycheck. In this broader vein and under a more scintillating name, the US indeed influences elections and campaigns worldwide. Created in 1983, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is directly funded by the United States Congress within the budget of the US Agency for International Development. This money goes to four orga...
...olitical speeches, and even other news organizations in order to assess the veracity of their statements. Fact checking played a significant role in the 2012 presidential election by keeping both the Democratic and Republican campaigns in check. When done well, fact checking is an important tool for ensuring the public has access to correct information. Fact checkers took away all credibility from the claim that Obama was not born in the United S...
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/patarnow/ The fight for control of the New York State Senate is in full swing as campaigns enter the final month of operations in anticipation of the November 6 election. The Republicans hold a slight advantage in the Senate, 33-29. The Democrats briefly held control of the Senate for a year for the first time in decades until the 2009 leadership crisis, which culminated in a return to Republican leadership....
from Wikimedia Commons This week President Obama and Mitt Romney will come together, face-to-face, for the first time in front of the national audience. They will debate domestic policy at the University of Denver, moderated by PBS’ Jim Lehrer. This debate is highly critical to both campaigns, but definitely more so for Romney, who has seen his opponent take the lead in national and state polls following the Democratic Convention and a widely-c...
...greatly enhanced the influence corporations and unions have on the political process. “Super PACs” with unlimited budgets have arisen, which, though supposedly independent, almost always directly support individual political campaigns, often through undisclosed donors. These organizations seem to defy the very idea of transparent government of the people, by the people, and for the people; in fact, Columbia economist Joseph Stiglitz has referred...
...help to fight AIDS in Africa. This formula seems almost too good to be true: you don’t have to change any of your normal habits, and you can help save Africans. On closer inspection, however, (RED)’s products and advertising campaigns may actually be perpetuating attitudes and beliefs that hinder the very people they purportedly help. Compare a Product (RED) Gap t-shirt to any of the other Gap products. The Product (RED) shirts have “exposed sea...
...20;that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean … and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.” Campaigns that include the wives of the candidates often lighten the tone and galvanize the female electorate. If a campaign chooses to do this then the speech should address issues that are important to the campaign as a wh...
...zen’s diet. This ban, really, raises two distinct issues. First are the specifics of the ban itself. Few, save for some soda companies, are arguing that consuming large amounts of the sugary drink have no negative effects. No campaigns are being run suggesting that the secret to a healthy lifestyle is a 20 ounce can of coke. Questions arise, however, in reference to the seemingly arbitrary details of the proposed legislation. The ban, as it stand...
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