Tag: Election

As a human who lives in a society, our choices and views of the world are affected by external things. These things can come in two forms: the physical environment that we understand by analyzing it directly or using it as evidence to support our future choices and the beliefs based on social norms ...

He wanted to ensure that no matter what happens next, “ they told him to do it.” The reinvigorated suppression and nationalization of the economy is what “they asked for.” With the image of a powerful mandate, Putin is poised to steer Russia back to a past that many though...

On September 20, Canada entered a federal election called by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; lots of things happened in the campaign, but not much happened in the result — the Tories, Greens, and People’s Party maintained their seat count of 119, 2, and 0 respectively, while the Liberals ...

The 24/7 talking heads are covering the November 8th election just as they always have. They look at the icing but ignore the cake. They see this as just another midterm election. They use the polls as a crutch but fail to explain what’s behind them. They miss the things that are not ...

Now social media influencers have become a powerful tool to try and shape voter behavior. Thus, major political parties in India are collaborating with social media influencers to target India’s vast online population of 752 million for the upcoming 2024 general election. Hundreds of social...

Those who have experienced an earthquake know the queasy feeling you get after even a minor tremor. Your senses don’t quite know how to handle it when the world itself begins to buck and roll. You enter into a holding pattern of pre-panic because some mechanism of self-preservation understands...

In 2019 I had just moved to Boston and was voting in my first local City Council election. I went to forums and candidate events to make sure I knew who shared my values. In Boston you vote for a district councilor and then vote for your top four choices for the four at-large city-wide seats. That y...