Candidates
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But turnout apart, we have become accustomed to accepting that parties or
candidates
who receive 25% of the popular vote are "winners."
Electoral democracy operates in most countries through the intermediary of organizations which put up
candidates
representing specific bundles of policy options, a "manifesto" or a "platform."
Many of the great political scandals of recent decades began with the financing of parties and
candidates.
The DPJ claimed that these
candidates
were too closely tied to the finance ministry, owing to long careers there, to act independently of it.
Since then,
candidates
of both major US political parties have relied on rosy scenarios.
Leaders and ManagersCAMBRIDGE – For the first time in decades, a United States senator will become the next American president as all three of the remaining
candidates
– Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain – are members of the Senate.
And although John Kerry isn't the most charismatic of
candidates
or the savviest politician, he represents the possibility of removing George Bush from the White House.
Political parties and
candidates
use promises to woo voters, and then to win support for policies.
Four
candidates
dominated the competition, and no one would have dared to predict which two will make it to the second-round run-off.
From now on, the campaign appears set to be transformed into a classic left-right struggle, but with a major difference between the two main candidates’ strategies.
And, given the country’s politicized judiciary, most electoral petitions were summarily dismissed on technical grounds, with many
candidates
denied even the right to present their cases.
The obvious
candidates
to replace them are Chinese and other Asian consumers, whose combined economies are more than equal to that of the US.
By rigging the vote with handpicked candidates, the president appears willing to use any means to maintain power.
The main question, in both the Republican and Democratic races, is whether the
candidates
can get enough of their supporters to the caucuses – relatively small gatherings held in the evening in wintry conditions.
But the Tea Party
candidates
who swept into Congress in 2010 failed to deliver on their promises to repeal “Obamacare” and substantially cut federal spending, further inflaming much of the Republican base.
When other
candidates
drop out, the picture could be quite different.
America’s Presidential
Candidates
Against the WorldDENVER – In the political marathon otherwise known as a US presidential campaign, foreign policy is often used as a proxy for a candidate’s “toughness.”
By contrast,
candidates
often address domestic issues in ways intended to demonstrate mastery of detail (sometimes even rolling out a draft program that is almost certain to be forgotten in the event of victory).
The focus on such “pocketbook” issues by US presidential
candidates
may provide some insight into their worldly wisdom.
But the point is to communicate candidates’ responsiveness to the concerns of average Americans, which means that foreign policy usually takes a backseat in presidential campaigns.
And yet, while this suggests that the
candidates
need to display policy mastery and even, now and again, genuine statesmanship, they are instead merely assuring voters that they will “keep us safe,” as if that said anything useful about how to survive and prosper in today’s world.
Much of what we hear from the
candidates
fits this framework.
But American voters (and the rest of the world) need some sign that the presidential
candidates
can explain how that pest got there in the first place and what must be done to ensure that it doesn’t reemerge elsewhere.
They certainly have been since the end of World War II; but in their face-to-face televised debates and on the campaign trail, the
candidates
seem to evince little appreciation of the role of institutionalized security arrangements (much less international law) over the past 70 years.
A sustainable foreign policy cannot be all things to all people, and the presidential
candidates
need to be clearer with voters about that.
For better or worse, whether they have the opportunity to do so with the seriousness that such matters deserve will depend largely on the
candidates
themselves.
The BPAC led a non-partisan better-governance campaign to mobilize the city’s young voters, who have often not bothered to vote in state and national elections, registering more than 600,000 new voters and supporting over a dozen
candidates
from four parties, several of whom won.
Both
candidates
have placed great importance on global warming.
By focusing more on research and development, and less in carbon cuts, both
candidates
could embrace a solution that encourages the best of the American innovative spirit and leaves the best possible legacy to future generations: a high-income, low-carbon energy world.
Interestingly, the point of contention was not the candidates’ stands on inflation, but their positions on bank regulation.
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