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Moreover, the US is notorious for its low voter turnout during midterm elections, which tends to hurt Democratic candidates’ prospects.
There is no denying that a distinguished lineage gives political candidates an advantage over rivals.
Lies, Damn Lies, and the British ElectionLONDON – Democratic elections cannot be described as competitions aimed at revealing which candidates tell the unvarnished truth.
Most aspiring Republican presidential candidates are not only extreme, but also more reactionary than Corbyn.
The economic structures of the four candidates who are OECD members (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) are similar to today's EMU members, although industry's share in GDP is higher and that of services lower.
Moreover, the presidential candidates themselves engaged in two rounds of televised debates and gave another two televised speeches - a political openness new to Taiwan and unique in the Chinese political world.
Both outsider candidates have tapped into American voters’ grievances and fears.
Indeed, independent candidates like me won in 60 districts across the country, among them Andrei Sakharov.
Female candidates may be on the ballot, but that does not mean women will vote for them – if they vote at all.
It stands to reason that if more women voted, political parties would field more candidates concerned with issues that especially concern women, and that more women would win seats.
They devised an electoral system whereby Poles would not vote for candidates of their choice, but would cross out those they did not want – which is to say, each and every communist.
In all of Warsaw, only a couple government candidates bothered to put up posters.
Indeed, in the United States and France, there are even alternative female candidates for the presidency (Condoleezza Rice in America, Michelle Alliot-Marie in France).
David Cameron prides himself on a successful campaign to make 40% of all Conservative parliamentary candidates in Britain are women.
Whatever the particular values of leading candidates, this is undoubtedly progress.
To fully realize this ideal, participation in Wikipedia might be made compulsory for advanced undergraduates and Master’s degree candidates worldwide.
Housing construction and exports are the obvious candidates, and both can be boosted somewhat by more aggressive balance-sheet operations by the Fed, together with promises of continued low nominal interest rates and higher inflation in the medium term.
Russia had simply seized the opportunity presented to it by Lukashenko’s bizarre post-election crackdown, in which he used disproportionate force to clear the streets and imprisoned hundreds of activists, including seven of the presidential candidates who had run against him.
But some candidates will not be able to conclude negotiations this year.
True, certain pro-Israeli organizations, notably the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), can generate a great deal of money to make or break political candidates, who are judged solely on their attitudes towards Israel.
The bad news is that the other candidates allegedly being considered – all current or mainly former heads of government – are as inspiring as cold porridge.
I see only two possible candidates that could meet these qualities: former Irish President Mary Robinson and French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde.
While all eight Afghan presidential candidates claim to support the security accord, this may offer little comfort to the US, given that most of the candidates have directly opposed US interests in the past – not to mention that several of them are former or current warlords.
But, given that Mali lacks political parties with popular support, candidates who command respect, and a permanent polling-station system, an election held so soon would probably bring an international civil servant to power – an outcome that could reignite internal conflicts.
Aside from Le Pen, the two most popular figures on the right and the left are, respectively, the oldest and youngest potential candidates: Alain Juppé, who served as Prime Minister under Chirac, and Emmanuel Macron, Hollande’s Minister of Economy, Industry, and Digital Affairs.
Among the many surprises during the Republican Party presidential candidates’ debates a couple of weeks ago was the rekindled importance of immigration.
Dalits and India’s aboriginals (listed in the Constitution as “Scheduled Castes and Tribes”) are entitled to 85 seats in India’s 543-member parliament that are “reserved” for candidates from their communities.
One Bundesbank director says that the constitutions of all EMU candidates should be rewritten to outlaw large government budget deficits.
What the candidates won’t tell the American people is that the trade deficit and the pressures it places on hard-pressed middle-class workers stem from problems made at home.
Finally, many of the best candidates this time around are from emerging economies.
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