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Poll: Students Less Engaged than Thought
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Ashburn, Elyse – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Obamamania has swept across college campuses. Students, it seems, are out campaigning, registering people to vote, singing the Democrat's praises far and wide. This article reports that a new poll of college students in four battleground states--Colorado, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania--conducted by CBS News, UWIRE, and "The…
Descriptors: College Students, Elections, Political Candidates, Political Issues
Electoral Competition in Heterogeneous Districts
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Callander, Steven – Journal of Political Economy, 2005
This paper considers a model of elections in which parties compete simultaneously for multiple districts. I show that if districts are heterogeneous, then a unique two-party equilibrium exists under plurality rule in which further entry is deterred. The equilibrium requires that parties choose noncentrist policy platforms and not converge to the…
Descriptors: Elections, Political Divisions (Geographic), Politics, Models
Congressional Elections: How Members of House and Senate Panels that Deal with Higher-Education Issues Fared at the Polls Last Week.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1984
Election results are reported for members of Senate committees and subcommittees (Human Resources; Appropriations; Agriculture; Budget; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Finance; and Veterans' Affairs), and House committees/subcommittees (Education and Labor; Appropriations; Agriculture; Budget; Energy and Commerce; Science and Technology;…
Descriptors: Committees, Elections, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Back in the Black: Library Campaigns Pay Off.
Hall, Richard B. – Library Journal, 1996
Presents and interprets data concerning United States library referenda held in fiscal year 1995. Out of 45 capital fund elections, 39 (87%) were successful; and 52 out of 70 (74%) operating fund referenda passed. The article and six tables provide information on voting totals, funding levels, election specifications, and ballot competition. Nine…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Capital, Data Analysis, Elections
Who Should Be the Winner: A "Post Hoc" Analysis of the 2000 US Election
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Wu, D. W. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science & Technology, 2006
The 2000 US presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush has been the most intriguing and controversial in American history. Using the Florida ballot data, Wu showed that the 2000 election result could have been reversed had the "butterfly ballot effect" been eliminated. Through a combinatorial approach, Harger concluded that…
Descriptors: United States History, Voting, Elections, Political Candidates
A Decade of Solid Support: Public Library Referenda 1996.
Hall, Richard B. – Library Journal, 1997
Presents data on public library referenda for capital improvement projects and on operating levies. Highlights include package deals with other funding measures, success rates, library campaign messages, and a sidebar that details strategies used successfully by the Toledo-Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library. (Contains five tables.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Capital, Elections, Library Facilities, Library Funding
Predicting School Referenda Outcomes: Answers from Illinois.
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Lentz, Corliss – Journal of Education Finance, 1999
Uses ordinary least-squares multivariate regression analysis to determine if jurisdictional types vary in their willingness to increase taxation for schools, employing 892 education fund referenda conducted in Illinois from 1981 to 1989. Outcomes do differ by jurisdiction type. The strongest predictor is willingness to pay for higher taxes. (29…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Elections, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Support