Obama vs. McCain on Healthcare and Taxes
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In four pages this contrast paper examines how the 2008 presidential candidates’ positions on healthcare and taxes fall within the ideological parameters of their respective parties. Two sources are listed in the bibliography.
Filename: TGobacain.rtf

ONE ISSUE OF THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
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This 4 page paper gives the overall stance of the candidates, then selects homosexuality as an issue of debate and concern. Argument is made for support of Bush on this topic. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBpresdeb.rtf

Organizational Theory And Unifying A Nation
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A 6 page paper that begins by discussing the 2004 presidential election campaign, specifically, the ugliness of it. The writer comments on the ideological polarization of the parties, not the specific ideals. The paper then turns to organizational theory, specifically discussing culture and change and comments on whether or not these theories and strategies could be used to unify America. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Our Evolving Party System: The Question Of Structure
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6 pages in length. No one is immune from the current problems that have occurred as a direct result of the Electoral College style of electing a president. If left up to the popular vote alone, one might readily surmise that the campaign approaches might also differ from those of past elections. The writer discusses the effectiveness of the current American political structure. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TLCparty.wps

PACs (Political Action Committees) Which Seek to Influence the Development of Health Care Policies For the Elderly
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A 6 page paper which examines PACs (Political Action Committees) which seek to influence the development of government health care policies for the elderly. Specifically considered are the historical development of the health care issue, including social, political and environmental factors influencing its evolution; key people involved in the development of healthcare for the elderly; its social, political and environmental factors; the relationship between core values and beliefs on the development of health care policy and the issue; the sources of funding for the PACs, evaluating their sufficiency; analysis of PACs' strategy and evaluating their effectiveness; and recommendations which might improve PACs' strategy. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TGpac.wps

PAC’s: The Insurance Industry
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Lobbying is important to almost all industries. This 20 page paper examines the insurance industry, looking at the important issues that companies may want to influence and the way that political action committees PACs, may seek to represent the interests of the commercial interests, The paper look at the general issues and then consider three PACs in more detail; ALAC PAC, Metropolitan Life and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. The paper ends by considering the way that the PACs may improve efficiency in the future.
Filename: TEindPAC.rtf

Patriotism
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This 5 page essay presents definitions and views on patriotism in the United States. The focus of the paper is on how patriotism can be preserved. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA004Pat.rtf

Patterns in Latino Politics
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This 5.5 page paper examines patterns in Latino politics, moving from civil rights based issues to more broad-based national concerns of cultural, political and economic natures. In California alone, Latino/Hispanic voting quadruped in the last presidential election. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BBlatinv.doc.

Policy Reform: Campaign Finance Versus Violence Against Women
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14 pages in length. Analyzing and understanding the differences that exist among issues of policy reform requires one to accept the inherent discrepancies within the government. Clearly, the strength of interest groups, insider support and myriad other elements often add up to overwhelming support for or opposition to a given reform, rendering it either passed or destroyed with a single thrust. Such is the case with campaign finance reform and the tremendous efforts that have been made to achieve change. When compared with other policy reform like violence against women, one can easily see how certain efforts are met with great endorsement as an answer to public outcry, while others like campaign finance reform continue to evade congressional passage. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Political Campaigns: Big Money and Advertising
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A 6 page contention that the political campaign process changed substantially in the past few decades. The emergence of candidate-centered campaigns has been at the helm of many of these changes. With that emergence has come substantial increases in campaign cost and the consequent problem of financing those costs. Money, after all, is an extremely important determinant in putting the face of a respective candidate before the voting public. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPcampai.rtf

Political Candidates 2004
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A 21 page overview of twelve candidates for U.S. and Georgia offices. This overview includes details on the campaigns and political history of George W. Bush, John Kerry, Ralph Nader, Johnny Isakson, Denise Majette, Phil Gingrey, Rick Crawford, Johnny Grant, Faye Smith, Harry Geisinger and Jan Hackney. Includes information facts gleaned from campaign literature, press coverage, and independent research. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPpolCnd.rtf

Political Ethics
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This 7 page paper explores the issue of ethics in terms of Edwin O'Connor's novel, The Last Hurrah and Primary Colors by Anonymous. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Political Ethics and Morals: “Primary Colors” and “The Last Hurrah”
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A 6 page paper which examines the political ethics and morals in Joe Klein’s novel “Primary Colors” and Edwin O’Connor’s novel “The Last Hurrah.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAprimry.rtf

Political Gender Gap
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A 5 page paper arguing that the "gender gap" in politics truly does exist. The term was first created in 1980 as presidential candidate Ronald Reagan was found to consistently rate higher with men than with women. Most polls have indicated that women have been overwhelmingly in favor of Democrat candidates in most recent elections, including that for president in 2000. They took part in giving control of Congress to the Republicans in 1994, however. The issue remains an enigma for political strategists. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSpolGender.wps

Political Ideology: Hobbes and Downs
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A 3 page paper assessing Anthony Down’s view of economic theory of democracy and political parties’ reaction to it, followed by linking Downs’ theory with Thomas Hobbes’ position on self-interest in Leviathan. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Political Issues & Nursing
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A 4 page research paper/essay that examines the positions of the Republican and Democratic parties in regards to health care issues and then looks at the issues considered crucial by the American Nurses Association. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khanaele.rtf

Political Liberalism
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A 10 page paper discussing one approach to liberalism, that in which its political ideals "compete and conflict with lingering traces of inegalitarian ideologies … to shape how we understand and deal with current political issues." The paper uses specifics from The New York Times and proceeds with general discussion from other sources. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KSpolLiberal.rtf

Political Parties In The United States / Why Independents Fail To Win Elections
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This 8 page paper investigates the emergence of third parties in the political machinery and more specifically why they have thus far failed to achieve much of a showing in national elections. Specific parties are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Political Races: New Mexico: 2006
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A 5 page paper that examines the political races in New Mexico in 2006 as they involve negative campaigns in relationship to the race for governor and the race for Congress. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAnmbill.rtf

Politics And The Computer Industry
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A 5 page paper. The computer industry is heavily involved in politics in a number of ways. Companies in the industry are making large contributions to candidates and political action committees are being established to safeguard the interests of the industry. There is another side of involvement, which is the possibility of electronic and/or Internet voting processes. These issues are discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Politics and the Role of Women:
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This 6 page paper examines the viewpoints of John Kerry and George Bush in terms of their stance on women's issues. Furthermore, by assessing their positions on these issues, this paper illustrates how the view of women has evolved politically. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: GSWoRole.rtf

Politics in New York and New Jersey
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This 8 page paper looks at politics in both states. The 2002 elections are the focus of this paper that also looks at machine politics and the history of Tammany Hall. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: SA246NYJ.rtf

Popular Political Consent
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A 9 page paper which discusses how charismatic politicians are not necessarily needed in mobilizing popular political consent in our present day. The paper also discusses how Michael Foot was quite possibly a victim of the media in British politics and research. The texts used within the paper are "The Fall of the Public Man" by Richard Sennett, "Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman, "Charisma" by Charles Lindholm, "The Spellbinders, Charismatic Political Leadership" by Ann Ruth Wilner, and "Economy and Society" by Max Weber. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.
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Popular Vote Verses the Electoral Process
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A 12 page overview of the electoral process and how it contrasts with the popular vote. Provides a historical background for the implementation of the electoral process pointing out that the process was never intended to reflect popular will. Contends that this process is superior because it protects the interests of smaller states against the overwhelming population of the larger states. Provides several statistics from the 1988 and 2000 presidential elections which illustrate that smaller states are given a slight advantage over the larger states in that the individual vote from these states is more powerful than the individual vote in the larger states. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPelectl.wps

President Bush: Popularity Before And After September 11th
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5 pages in length. It is quite amazing the impact a singular event can have upon the face of history, particularly when that event is as politically and socially catastrophic as the September 11th terrorist attacks. This date marked the day when many things changed for many people with regard to personal issues and concerted fears of national safety. Something else changed that day, however, that marked yet another monumental by-product of the terrorist attacks that forever altered America's support for its president. Indeed, September 11th is now known as the turning point in George W. Bush's presidential career, inasmuch as his approval rating soared in alliance with his defiant dedication to supporting his American constituency in this time of great trouble. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Presidential Candidates and Philosophical Tradition
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This excellent 5 page paper discusses the fact that philosophy is an academic arena which most view as having little to do with the real world. In viewing the presidential hopefuls, however, and studying their party platforms, we can see how some of their policies and views reflect statements and ideals set by such philosophers as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Describes how the beliefs and visions by each of the presidential candidates presented are inherently linked in some way to some or all of these philosophers.
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Presidential Candidates' Positions on the Death Penalty
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A 5 page paper examining three candidates' positions on the death penalty and the writer's reactions to those position. Until the last presidential election, it was thought that all campaigns had a definite, decisive end, but it is difficult to determine when campaigning truly begins. Party affiliation helps define candidates' positions on issues such as economic policy and defense spending, but candidates often are more circumspect about matters that move beyond abstract policy. In the most recent presidential campaign, George W. Bush, Al Gore and Pat Buchanan all indicate that they support the death penalty, but all have differing views. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSdeathPen.wps

Presidential Election 2000
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Who will Win and Why?; This 6 page paper considers the election for president in the United States and predicts who will win by looking at a range of criteria, emphasis is placed on public perception as a result of media coverage. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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Presidential Election 2000
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(12 pp) Neither Bush nor Gore seem to have impressed most of the swing voters after a Washington Post survey last week. In fact, many have reservations about both major party candidates. Martha Howland, who lives in a Columbus, Ohio suburb said she "is not pleased with either of the presidential candidates, and has gotten tired of voting for the "lesser of two evils. " She sees Gore as too wooden, stiff," while Bush "doesn't have a good record. I don't know how smart he is" Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BBpres2000.doc

Presidential Elections - 1960 versus 2000
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This 21 page paper compares and contrasts the election between Kennedy and Nixon in 1960 and the election between Gore and Bush in 2000. Kennedy and Nixon charted new territory when they had their debates televised and it won the election for Kennedy over Vice-President Nixon. The televised debates between Gore and Bush most likely won the election for Bush. In both cases, an candidate with no national experience overcame a vice-president. Some of the topics included in this essay are: voter characteristics, voter turnout, the debates, and the issues. Statistical data included. 11 tables included. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Presidential Elections 1960 v 2000
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This 8 page paper offers a comparison of the 1960 and 2000 presidential elections. In both cases, the count was close and in both cases, fraud was alleged. The difference was that Nixon rejected any notion of filing lawsuits while Bush filed a number of lawsuits. Similarities and differences between the two elections are discussed. The writer also speculates as to what this means in terms of the American political system and the society. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Presidential Elections: The Advantages of the Electoral Process
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A 7 page overview of the history and premises of the electoral process and the advantages of that process over popular vote. The author notes the controversy which has raged over the electoral process since the problems encountered in the 1990 presidential election but uses statistics from that election to demonstrate that the electoral process remains superior. While it is easy to understand the mistrust the process generated in this election given the stalemate which erupted between candidates and the controversy over voting improprieties, the electoral process is actually a superior process to the popular vote and, as such, it is imperative that it remain in place. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPelect2.rtf

PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP: AN ANALYSIS OF MCCAIN AND OBAMA
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This 11-page paper studies leadership qualities of John McCain and Barak Obama and postulates how each man might lead. Also under discussion is the leadership style of George W. Bush. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Presidential Nominees Barack Obama and John McCain: Similarities and Differences on the Important Issues of Election 2008
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In nine pages this paper compares and contrasts the similarities and differences that exist between the Democratic presidential nominee Illinois Senator Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Arizona Senator John McCain on the important issues of the 2008 election. Seven sources are listed in the bibliography.
Filename: TGmcbama.rtf

Private Morality And Political Leadership
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15 pages in length. Determining whether or not private morality should be a component of political leadership is not the same as deciding if the person in question is capable of handling the demands of such an office. Indeed, while some believe there exists a distinct connection between the two issues, others think that one has absolutely nothing to do with the other. There is no question that this particular topic is nothing if not dialectical in that there is no singularly correct answer; rather, whatever religious, moral and ethical beliefs one harbors are going to indicate which side of the issue one supports. Inasmuch as opponents of private morality contend that what a politician does in his private life bears no reflection whatsoever upon his public duties, this paper's view will be one that asserts just the opposite. The writer discusses the fact that a political leader's personal activities do, indeed, represent his commitment to job or country, just as any other affiliations would. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: EthMoral.wps

Problems with the Process of Democracy in Zambia and Zimbabwe
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This is an 11 page paper discussing the problems facing the process of democracy in Zambia and Zimbabwe. The concept of democracy as representative government and the observance of human rights has long been considered one of the major issues in regards to the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Since their independence, Zambia in 1964 and Zimbabwe officially in 1980, the governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe had been one-party systems with powerful rulers. Within the last decade however, multi-party elections have been introduced in an attempt to introduce democracy. There have been problems with the democratization process however and the countries have continued to decline in regards to their economic conditions, health conditions, levels of poverty and international relations. Some of these problems are blamed on the corruption which lies within each government while others argue that democracy undermines traditional chieftainship within Southern Africa considered extremely important in internal relations which if disregarded would lead to instability. While the international community continues to pressure the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe to continue their process toward democracy, recent research within these nations has showed that democracy per se is understood to mean freedom of civil liberties and the expectation of relief from the current socio-economic conditions; conditions which may not be easily met even in the event of political democracy. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Public Opinion
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The opinion of the public concerning the processes of the government has slowly deteriorated. This 7 page paper explores the role of public opinion as it pertains to the democratic process. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Public Policy and Congressional Elections
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This 5 page paper supports the notion that re-election is the sole factor to motivates members of Congress when making public policy. Several examples are noted. Federalist 10 is discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Questions and Answers on the Political System
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This 6 page paper provides three answers to questions posed by a student in essay form. Each individual two page essay addresses the following topics: Evolution of the Party System, the Emergence of the Modern Electoral System, and Interest Groups and the Public Good. Theories are discussed and examples are included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA520pol.rtf

Racially Polarized Voting in Mayoral Elections
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This 12 page paper explores the issue citing several races in the states of Georgia, Maryland, New York and Missouri. A thesis that such a polarity exists is discussed in light of the racial divisiveness in America in general. Causes and solutions are explored. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Representation in Florida's District 113
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This 3 page paper investigates who represents this district in the House and the Senate. The viewpoints of the politicians are noted as it respects welfare, the elderly and children and family issues. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA406Fla.rtf

Republican, Democrat,, Libertarian, and Gun Control
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This 8 page report discusses gun control as a major policy issue and how the Republicans and the Democrats view the entire topic. It also looks at what the official “party line” is regarding the issue. A third party, the Libertarians, are also examined in light of their attitude regarding gun control. Not surprisingly, the Republicans and the Democrats have their “official” and collectively agreed upon justification for their demand for gun control or their determination to control gun control advocates. Even the parties whose candidates are not taken seriously by either mainstream voters or mainstream government have party “planks” as related to gun control. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Research Proposal (How Health Care is Used in Politics Today)
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This 4 page paper provides a proposal, inclusive of an outline, to do a project related to health care and how it is used as a political football. Source recommendations are included. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Research Proposal: Lobbyists And Presidential Elections
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6 pages in length. Being that "most of the interest groups on aging came into being or became politically involved after most of the major aging-related programs were already in place" (Hudson, 1999, p. 155), it can by hypothesized that had it not been for the efforts of AARP, a multitude of new policy and legislation aimed at benefiting senior citizens would have never been passed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TLCPrezLobby.rtf

Richard Nixon: A Favorable View of a Complicated Man
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A 6 page overview of the career of one of the most misunderstood presidents of all time. The author contends that Nixon’s positives far outweigh his negatives. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPnixon.rtf