Q. Why did Obama win? Much of the movement in the polls that seemed to decide the election took place immediately after the Republican National Convention in early September and ended or was solidified by the first debate. So it was that narrow two- to three- week period after McCain hit his peak level of [...]
In Australia, voting is mandatory. Skip the polls on election day and you’ll find yourself with a ticket.
Canadians wouldn’t have fared so well in this system. Turnout in the recent Canadian federal election was a record low of 58 per cent. In North America more generally , voter turnout statistics hover around 50 per cent. Why? A lot of it, says Professor Renan Levine of political science, depends on the country’s electoral [...]
While Barack Obama has unofficially been elected the Democratic candidate for U.S. president, he won’t officially get the nod until the Democratic National Convention at the end of August. That’s when “superdelegates” could catapult him to victory as the first African-American president.
As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama raced neck-and-neck for the Democratic nomination to run in the U.S. general election, attention turned to the mysterious group of so-called superdelegates who seemed to hold the balance of power in the race. But who exactly are they? “Superdelegates are elected officials and other party members who are active [...]
