Questions related to the process of working in an organized and active way towards a goal from a political standpoint (an example could be a politician campaigning to run for office).
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Are there examples of politicians resigning after failing to fulfill an electoral promise?
Politicians love making promises during election campaigns, often with explicit deadlines on when said promise would come to fruition. But are there examples in recent history where a politician (or even an entire party) has resigned after failing…
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Correlation between divisory campaigning by mainstream parties and racial/political aggressions?
In reviewing the fallout of the Brexit referendum, one of the results appears to be an extreme increase in the number of racist/political based attacks and incidents.
Of course, this has left me wondering if that was unexpected at all, since part of…
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Are there any anti-misinformation regulations for political campaigns?
Is there any country in the world that restricts the use of false information in (at-least publicly funded) political campaigns?
I'm not really thinking of countries where the dominant party bans bad publicity (like Russia). Try to stick with…
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Are there countries where politicians are bound by their campaign promises?
Voters commonly complain that politicians promise one thing before the election and then turn around and forget about their promise right after the election. It is possible for voters to avoid voting-in a politician who breaks his promises, but…
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Do hate group endorsements help or hurt candidates?
Suppose a group espouses a philosophy which is disagreeable to a very large majority of a voting population.* Suppose that group or its leader endorses Candidate A. Suppose Candidate A says s/he does not agree with the group's values and does not…
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Was Gerald Ford's experience of losing a close election after being given a chance to correct a speech and failing to do so, unusual?
In a 1976 debate with Governor Jimmy Carter, (sitting) President Gerald Ford (in)famously said, "Eastern Europe is not under Soviet domination."
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1844704_1844706_1844449,00.html
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