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- 1From:AEI Paper & StudiesConservatives often say that Big Tech companies, especially Facebook and Twitter, discriminate against conservative viewpoints. However, conservatives make two assumptions that, on closer inspection, are faulty: (1) that...
- 2From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsSince the 1930s, both Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have imposed specific requirements on the transmission of political and issue advertising by broadcasters. These rules, which now apply to...
- 3From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsDecember 30, 2019 Federal campaign finance law sets forth disclosure and disclaimer requirements for certain types of political campaign advertisements. The term disclosure refers to periodic reporting to the Federal...
- 4From:AEI Paper & StudiesMen and women have voted diferently in every presidential election contest--what we call the "gender gap"--since 1980, as the graph below shows. In 2016, 9.9 million more women voted than men. Throughout his presidency...
- 5From:AEI Paper & StudiesAmericans are focusing intently on their own 2020 election contest, but a consequential election will take place in Great Britain in a few days. Recent polls give the Conservatives a solid lead. Most think the election...
- 6From:AEI Paper & StudiesThirteen months out from the presidential election, pollsters are exploring many different aspects of the contest. We begin by looking at people's views about voting next year. Recent polls confirm earlier ones that...
- 7From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsSummary Television and radio airwaves are inundated with political ads right now, and their numbers will only increase as the November 2012 elections get closer. Some ads expressly tell viewers or listeners which...
- 8From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsFebruary 1, 2010 Summary Following the Supreme Court's January 21, 2010, ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, questions have emerged about which policy options could be available to Congress....
- 9From:AEI Paper & StudiesAlmost half (47 percent) of Hillary Clinton's supporters and 31 percent of Donald Trump's supporters say they have no close friends in the other candidate's camp (Pew). More than half of their supporters say they don't...
- 10From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY A conservative on economic issues and a liberal on social questions, Jack French Kemp, Jr. (born 1935), was an articulate spokesperson for the Republican Party for many years. He was the vice...
- 11From:AEI Paper & StudiesWhen NBC News and the Wall Street Journal tested some messages the presidential candidates might use, there was support for themes of fairness and opportunity. There was much less support for a candidate who emphasizes...
- 12From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsSummary Elections in 2005 for a transition government (January 30, 2005), a permanent constitution (October 15), and a permanent (four year) government (December 15) were concluded despite insurgent violence,...
- 13From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY On November 2, 2004, John Kerry (born 1943) lost a close, hard-fought United States presidential election to incumbent president George W. Bush. Political commentators in the following days offered...
- 14From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Television journalist and author Billy Don (Bill) Moyers (born 1934) served as special assistant, speechwriter, chief of staff, and press secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Billy Don...
- 15From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY The American lawyer, editor, and politician William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) was the Democratic party's presidential nominee three times and became secretary of state. Called the "Great...
- 16From:AEI Paper & StudiesHow are voters getting their information about Campaign 2012 and how has that process changed over time? The Pew Research Center recently updated its questions on the subject. Television is still the main source of...
- 17From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Gary W. Hart (born 1936) came to national attention as a political campaign organizer, a two-term U.S. senator, and a presidential candidate. Gary Warren Hart was born on November 28, 1936, in...
- 18From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Eugene Joseph McCarthy (born 1916) had a long and influential career in American politics. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives he stood up to the Communist-hunting Sen. Joseph...
- 19From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Robert Schwarz Strauss (born 1918) was a master fundraiser and strategist for the Democratic Party between 1968 and 1980, active in both Texan and national campaigns. He later served as U.S....
- 20From:Encyclopedia of World BiographyBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (born 1952) is the first Hispanic-American woman to serve in the United States congress. Being first has become something that Ileana Ros-Lehtinen does quite well. In 1982,...