John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (10.1111)European Journal of Political ResearchGreene, Z., & Luhiste, M. (2017). Symbols of priority: How the media selectively report on parties' elec- tion campaigns. European Journal of Political Research, 57(3), 717-739....
To grant recognition to political parties and allot election symbols to them. Election Commission ensures a level playing field for the political parties in election fray, through strict observance by them of a Model Code of Conduct evolved with the consensus of political parties. Advisory Jurisdictio...
Candidates, political parties, and interest groups representing diverse objectives invoke the symbols of nationalism or patriotism, reform or revolution, past glory or future promise. Whatever the peculiar national, regional, or local variations, elections are events that, by arousing emotions and ...
It was founded in 1998 and comprises center-right and right-wing political parties. The coalition’s first chair was former BJP Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The coalition ruled from 1998 to 2004, but then was out of power until 2014, when Modi was first elected as the prime ...
Although Thomas Nast, a caricaturist and illustrator forHarper’s Weekly, created and made famous our current symbols for the parties—the Democratic donkey in 1870 and the Republican elephant in 1874—there was an earlier symbol for Democrats. During the election of 1840, between the Democrats an...
Historically, political parties and candidates in Sri Lanka have failed to keep their election promises once in power. Post-independence talk of economic development, diversification, and the abolition of the executive presidency has led to little progress. Despite following various capitalist frameworks,...
The peculiar after-life of Ross Perot’s unlikely figure of speech had been transformed by a world where borders and border walls seem symbols meant to staunch the flow of jobs in a globalized world seems like a new mercantilist project, lest they be sucked out as Perot, and later Pat Buc...
Britain, one of the symbols of democracy, may be the country that touches off global disappointment with the democratic system, together with Donald Trump or without him. When the public perceives democracy as unsuccessful in the face of fundamental problems, as disappointing in its performance, ...
article traces the symbology, coherence and arguments marshalled by the political parties, illustrating that parties were able to draw on already-established repertoires of accepted symbols, tapping into the deep-rooted fears, desires, aspirations and historical loyalties of their established constituencies...
The content can be (and typically is) printed in adjacent human-readable symbols; if there were more than a tiny proportion of mismatches, this could easily be detected by audit. There’s a new technology called “smart phones” (with a name like that, they’ve got to be sinister) which...