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Opinion: 4 Lessons About Voting from the 2010 Elections
By not in system - AOL News(Nov. 15) -- Ten years after Bush v. Gore and the spectacle of the nation's most important political contest going into overtime, the country's voting experience this Nov. 2 highlights the changes America has seen since 2000. Here are some key lessons we have learned about election reform -- looking back and forward: New machines aren't the only answer. In the immediate aftermath of the 2000 election, the prime targets for criticism were the machines -- specifically, the punch card ballots whose hanging, swinging and dimpled chads were a source of legal and popular fascination. The Help ...
ABC, Fox Bring In Big Ratings on Election Night
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyABC's election-night coverage brought in the most viewers among broadcast networks, but it was cable's Fox News that had the biggest numbers overall. Nielsen Co. data released Thursday showed an average of 6.8 million viewers tuned in for ABC's telecast, according to TV By The Numbers. The coverage, anchored by Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos, ran from 9:30 p.m. to 10:55 p.m. ET and got a boost from its lead-in, the mega-hit "Dancing With the Stars." NBC's coverage, anchored by Brian Williams, came a close second, with 6.362 million total viewers from 9-10:54 p.m. ET. CBS News ...
Chaos Theory - Election Night in the Blabosphere
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Men's Testosterone Drops When Their Candidate Loses
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyThe last time you watched your candidate lose an election, did it feel like you were losing the election yourself? Your body's biochemistry may have thought so. A study in science journal "PLoS One," from researchers at Duke University and the University of Michigan, showed that following the announcement of the 2008 election results, male supporters of John McCain and other candidates who lost experienced a dramatic drop in testosterone. In contrast, men who supported Barack Obama maintained relatively stable levels of testosterone after learning he had won. In addition to the lowered levels ...
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