Articles related to "2008 Elections"

Health providers, insurers, and pharmaceutical companies contribute record amounts to politicians - with Democrats receiving more than Republicans in last election cycle.

Facebook, the online sensation, is bringing the candidates and issues of the 2008 presidential election to America's youth in a way never before imagined.

On Tuesday, Nov. 4 2008, Senator Barack Obama was picked to be the next President, beating Senator John McCain in what can only be called a landslide.

Former Senator John Edwards is hanging his presidential hopes on one issue: poverty. It's an issue we should care about, but do we?

The Alaskan Governor is generating tons of web traffic, but it's not necessarily the exposure she's looking for.

With election day already behind the American people and President Elect Barack Obama already building his staff, most people have gone back to their regularal lives

The Iowa Caucus is American's first chance to weigh in on the next president. This complex but valuable process may help to determine the outcome of the 2008 election.

Will the Oprahbama Phenomenon become one of the features of the 2008 election or is it just another celebrity flare-up? Watch out for Oprah on the campaign trail.

There are striking similarities between the recent triumph for Barack Obama for the White House and the 1997 landslide victory for Tony Blair's New Labour in Britain.

Find out what Barack Obama and John McCain say on the record about hate crimes, same-sex marriage, "don't ask, don't tell," and other queer issues.

Republicans took control of the U.S. House in 1994 and ruled Capitol Hill for more than a decade, but the 2008 elections relegated the GOP to its pre-revolution minority.

One of the more disturbing rhetorical lines of the last election was "You cannot be president if you're not Christian, or not Christian enough."

With gas prices (and oil company profits) at record levels, McCain proposes lifting the ban on coastal drilling.

Regardless of each state's individual statutes, poll workers ensure all voters get the chance to cast their ballot in the fairest and most efficient manner possible.

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic candidate John Edwards, has stage four metastatic cancer. Nevertheless, she moves forward during uncertain times.

The Republicans and Democrats monopolize political power in the United States, and the two-party system no longer serves the interests of the nation.

The 2008 election is one of the most important elections in the United States history. For "undecided" voters, here are tips to guide you to a decision.

Governor Sarah Palin has offered an ambitious new proposal for funding education for Special Needs students. This article examines the basis and costs of this new plan.

It is the responsiblity of the media to decide what is newsworthy. But are we being informed on the issue at hand or are being told what to think?

While national presidential polls showed Barack Obama to be only a few percentage points ahead of John McCain, electoral map calculators gave Obama a much stronger lead.

The 2008 American election became a media circus in more ways than one, with politicians desperate to recruit celebrities to vouch for them, writes James Briggs

The 2008 Election season offers fertile ground for civic education, providing a living laboratory for understanding the US Constitution.

Having secured their political base during the Democratic and Republican Conventions, presidential candidates will now focus on several powerful battleground states.

The new Conservative Party of Canada has been very successful in gaining and maintaining power in the modern parliament.

Arizona's Secretary of State, Jan Brewer, announced a new innovation in voting for the 2008 ballot. A select group of voters will be casting ballots differently.

When the Nation's only unelected President died in 2006, few felt it would effect the elections of 2008. None the less Obama-Ford & McCain-Ford comparisons are surfacing.

Sarah Palin is a strong choice in appealing to the conservative vote with her pro-life beliefs, her strong code of ethics and her willingness to veto frivolous spending.

On November 4, 2008, Massachusetts voters approved Ballot Question 3, The Greyhound Protection Act, which bans greyhound dog track racing by 2010.

US presidential candidates are arguing about the destruction caused by the North American Free Trade Agreement. Make it fair or get rid of it, is their claim.

The 501(c)(3) Internal Revenue Tax Code sets rules pertaining to a religious group's involvement in political activity.

The following viral videos offer an insightful look into the 2008 presidential campaign. Watch the most discussed and debated political videos of the year.

Minnesota Canvassing Board certified election results favoring Democrat Franken by 225 votes. Republicans Limbaugh, O'Reilly & Cornyn vow to block seating the Senator.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck of The View campaigned with Gov. Sarah Palin in Tampa on Sunday, October 26, 2008 and called the focus on Palin's wardrobe "deliberately sexist."

Winning more electoral votes than any President since Bill Clinton's 1996 trouncing of Bob Dole, Barack Obama's win initiated a philosophical change in America.

Obama's message of hope is upsetting the same groups that made the Reagan Revolution possible. But it doesn't matter. Things have changed.

On January 14, 2009 the Canadian Action Party introduced a new executive electoral process, proving the integrity of their platform and yielding positive early results.

Learn how to register to vote in a local, state or federal election in the United States, and a look at voting methods like absentee ballot voting and early voting.

President Obama currently finds himself unable to make anyone happy no matter what he does. He is in a position similar to many other leaders throughout history.

The London 2008 mayoral race is practically down to two candidates and even the popular Boris Johnson may find it hard to upstage the current mayor Ken Livingstone.

Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson remain the front runners for the second job in British politics. Both may have to rely on secondary votes to secure victory on May 1st.

Nepal has abolished its monarchy in favour of becoming a Democratic Republic. The country is hopeful for a positive future for women and ethnic and minority groups.

Woodhull was a leader of the women's rights movement and a valued suffragist. Her Vice Presidential running mate was Frederick Douglas, a freed slave and abolitionist.

The Democrats took a bold step forward by holding an online debate for 2008 candidates last week; this format will prove to be essential for future political discourse

Barack Obama might want to thank the small but significant Asian American vote for his victory on November 4th.

A brief review of 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama's stance on immigration including his positions on securing the border and removing incentives

A deal between the New Zealand government and East Coast group Ngati Porou protecting customary rights on the foreshore and seabed is announced in election year.

Find out who belongs to the African-American Masonic group known as the Prince Hall Freemasons.

Former V.P. candidate and ex-Governor Sarah Palin wrote full time for four months to prepare her memoirs for a November 2009 release by Harper Collins imprint Harper.

The stock market continues to plummet and investors look to McCain or Obama to keep spending under control and no new taxes.

Many songwriters are using their celebrity to speak their minds on politics these days. None strike such a chord as the United State's new President Barack Obama.