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Did some key Republican election victories affect President Obama's political influence, or did they simply reveal a change in public ideals?

Change has come to America as Barack Obama, in a landslide victory over Republican candidate John McCain, becomes the first African-American president in history.

Opinion polling during presidential elections seems to be more pervasive than ever. Does America need a minimum daily requirement of political polls in election years?

In a special election on Tuesday, California voters rejected five of the six proposed budget measures that were to prevent what some are calling a "financial armageddon."

Despite the Conservatives targeted campaign against Stephane Dion's Liberals for this past federal election, Stephen Harper's Conservatives failed to obtain a majority.

Iowa State voters indicated the top election issue is to change leadership by choosing presidential candidates with a new management style.

Canadians join the wave of enthusiastic support worldwide for U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama. Politicians also see opportunities to forge new deals.

The highly publicized rejection of a gay marriage in Maine may have been a blow to activists. Gay marriage activists picked up some electoral victories on the margins.

Optimism both in and outside Nepal on Thursday 10th April as polling is conducted relatively safely throughout the country but results are being anxiously waited for.

American Presidential elections generally produce a clear preference among candidates. But the winners of close races have produced history-altering results.

On November 4, 2008, voters in Massachusetts, Hawaii, and Michigan called for a shift in state policy regarding the possession of marijuana.

Although renominated unanimously, Republicans had strong doubts that Abraham Lincoln would be returned to office given the shift in mood among Northern voters.

Winning six states, Goldwater was viewed as an extremist whose views would result in nuclear confrontation with Russia while LBJ was considered the lesser of two evils.

Many politicians and others have used the phrase 'the will of the people' but few really understand its deeper meaning. Here is an exploration of this political phrase.

With the U.S. election six weeks old, the north star state still has no clear winner to fill a vacancy in one of the most exclusive clubs in the world of politics.

Following a 13-election streak of picking the candidate who won the U.S. election, Missouri voted for the losing side. Third-party candidates are partially to blame.

Disputed December 27, 2007 election has divided Kenya along tribal lines, resulting in violence, rioting and death in the Rift Valley and in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.

On secondary preference votes, Boris Johnson has been elected mayor of London. Critics however still remain to be convinced he is up to the task.

United Nations sponsored peace and reunification talks resumed on April 21, 2009, between the leadership of the Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Northern Cyprus.

As Congolese citizens await results of the October 29 run-off election, insecurity remains an issue in Kinshasa as the president blames his rival for the recent chaos.

Having learned from their errors in the past two elections, the Voter's News Service decided to keep exit poll numbers hidden from the public until 5 P.M. today.

Indian government has announced that it is willing to work together with the Maoists but powerful opposition parties are not happy to see red storm rising in Nepal.

The 240-year-old monarchy was abolished at the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly after political infighting was overcome, ushering in a new era for Nepal.

Exit polls show that Obama's emphasis on women's issues helped to bring him victory In the U.S. presidential election of 2008.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's civil war is officially over but a new spate of conflict threatens the security of almost one hundred thousand people.

John McCain is a lock for the Republican nomination, but conservatives aren't enthused. Right-wingers need to focus on advancing conservatism in congressional races.

Bravo for Wasilla, Alaska, the tlny town Sarah Palin put in the limelight. It is struggling, with stressed resources, to meet the national public's legal "right to know".

Last month's landslide BJP, Bharatiya Janata Party, election victory in the Indian state of Gujarat, has resurfaced old feelings of Indian-Hindu nationalism.

The "Revolution of 1800" marked the first time in U.S. history that a faction in power voluntarily stepped down after losing a popular election.

Do you need a topic for an American history essay? Here's some of the highlights of the last 250 years or so to get you started!

The December 26, 2004 election saw Viktor Yushchenko's victory over the former Prime Minister. 'Conscience Calls' is the record of an observer's experences.

Dwight Eisenhower, a career military officer who rose to the rank of five-star general and led U.S. troops in World War II, was first elected president on Nov, 5, 1952.

On May 7, 2009, the European Union hosted a summit in Prague where the representatives of member states and 6 former Soviet republics met to formalize a new relationship.

Here are some tips to use news stories as starting ideas for your fiction.

Constituent Assembly elections held on April 10th, delivers a big surprise to two largest political parties in the country-Nepali Congress and the Nepal Communist Party.

His book, "The Pulse of Democracy," painted a vision of the potential of political polling. He believed that such polls could re-create the spirit of a town hall meeting.

Early radio only reached a local audience. As technology improved, the entire nation could listen to the same radio program at the same time.

The method for selecting US Presidents is difficult to comprehend. Primaries, caucuses, delegates, conventions and the daunting Electoral College are intimidating events.

A huge political scandal on the eve of an election would ruin the average candidate--but Huey Long, Louisiana's Kingfish, was not the average candidate.

Russian civilians are voicing their frustrations with the Medvedev-Putin government and current economic conditions on the ballot and in the streets.

Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson's illustrious career included receiving the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize and becoming Prime Minister of Canada.

Voters giving the Democrats control of Congress and the White House responded to the message of hope but many Americans still embrace conservative values and goals.

Barisan Nasional suffered a reduction in Parliamentary seats, lost 5 states to the opposition and had prominent cabinet members displaced in the 2008 Malaysian elections.

As Obama saluted America for proving "they can", skeptics in the Middle East were cautiously hopeful this signalled a much-anticipated turning point in their lives.

Devoid of an incumbent President or Vice President, the 2008 American presidential elections will inevitably be a vote for change. What kind of change was the question?

Presidential election polls that closed in the Granite State communities of Dixville Notch and Hart's Location minutes after midnight, gave a solid win to Democrat Obama.

From a physicists viewpoint, the extremely close 2000 Bush Gore presidential election was a problem with measurement uncertainties and significant figures.

After World War I, the U.S. government was ill prepared to combat communism. During the "Big Red Scare," patriotic organizations took, sometimes extralegal, action.

Though Rutherford B. Hayes trailed in both popular and electoral votes, a congressional compromise named him President on one of the most controversial elections in Ameri

High voter turnout percentages in U.S. presidential elections since 1960 reflect deep concerns over domestic and foreign policy issues affecting peace and prosperity.