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Among the crop of presidential candidates in this cycle, a few thrive on division, while most – including Marina Silva, the only woman in the race – advocate a middle ground.
So it is understandable that both leading presidential candidates, Donald Tusk and Lech Kaczynski, ran as fast as they could from “liberal” ideas.
In India, sight-impaired doctoral candidates have abandoned their work only because they lack sufficient access to the necessary texts.
Many of these countries have elections; but, as has been said of Russia, while the candidates may surprise, the outcome is predictable.
A democracy demands only that the people select their leaders; it is up to voters to judge candidates’ merits.
In Singapore, however, political meritocracy has remained a central issue, with the country’s leaders continuing to advocate the institutionalization of mechanisms aimed at selecting the candidates who were best qualified to lead – even if doing so meant imposing constraints on the democratic process.
Of the party’s dozen presidential candidates, only two (Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman) declined to reject scientific evidence concerning global warming and its human causes.
Most Europeans cannot understand how, in a civilized country, both candidates can favor the death penalty.
By opening up party primaries to more candidates, or by using ranked-choice voting (RCV) – which allows voters to list as many candidates as they want, in order of preference – we can ensure that elected officials represent the full spectrum of voters.
And 13 states already offer a public-financing option for candidates running for state office, with many more poised to follow suit in response to grassroots pressure.
Even Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was probably more than a little surprised by Rowhani’s first-round victory, following a campaign that began with eight candidates.
Its deep divisions meant that Fatah candidates split the vote and ensured a Hamas landslide.
In other words, they are ideal candidates for collaboration.
Moreover, the African National Congress, the majority party, exercises influence on the Judicial Service Commission, the constitutional body responsible for recommending candidates to South Africa’s president for appointment.
The politicized nature of the appointment process has resulted in civic apathy: excellent candidates are refusing nomination.
Other potential candidates believe that the currently vacant seat on the Constitutional Court has been earmarked for Ray Zondo, who, as acting judge, has already been sitting on the tribunal for an extended period.
Other potential nominees say bluntly that they do not want to be members of a court led by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, citing “over-promotion” of those with modest credentials and professional experience at the expense of more qualified candidates.
Many accomplished and brilliant candidates fall into this category, not least Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke.
In particular, because just two of the ten current judges are women, we were eager to encourage the nomination of female candidates.
They should not only add judicial appointments to their core agenda, but also be active in persuading suitable candidates to accept nomination, and then in building support for their candidacies.
The plaintiff alleged that large amounts of funds were channeled to the troika’s favored candidates to contest the 1990 general election, in which Nawaz Sharif’s party won a big victory over Benazir Bhutto’s Peoples’ Party.
In the French presidential election, both candidates tried to keep their domestic life separate from their campaign.
Candidates for public office, and those holding high administrative or corporate positions, should be judged on their policies and performance, not on private acts that are irrelevant to how well they carry out, or will carry out, their public duties.
But what about candidates for political leadership?
Around mid-August, as Trump’s poll numbers rose even after public statements that would have brought down mere mortal candidates, it dawned on the pundits that he was no summer infatuation.
Trump and Carson, along with two other candidates running as political outsiders – Ted Cruz, a senator from Texas, and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina – currently account for around 60% of support among Iowa Republicans.
For Brooks, it is that knowing that public programs make one’s life easier causes one to vote for non-Republican candidates.
The problem for American conservatives is not their choice of candidates or the tone of their rhetoric.
The candidates in US debates address carefully selected journalists who rarely follow up on a question.
And the candidates’ performances are scrutinized less on the substance of their arguments than on their presentation, body language, facial tics, unguarded sighs, smiles, sneers, and inadvertent eye rolling.
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