Campaign issues in the National and Aragonese Press during three elections in Spain: 2011 Local and Autonomous Regional elections, 2011 General elections and 2014 European elections

Mobile Participation? Crowdsourcing during the 2011 Uganda General Elections

This paper examines the challenges and opportunities in using mobile phones for political participation. In doing so, a study was conducted on the open crowdsourcing election monitoring platform UgandaWatch. SMS questionnaires were sent out to a) a randomised sample of Ugandan mobile phone users and to b) a sample of users of UgandaWatch. The key findings were; a) open crowdsourcing provides a ...

Optimal Campaign Spending in Elections

We present a theory of campaign spending in elections. In our model we show that in the absence of competitive electoral pressure the timing of campaign spending will simply on the relative benefits of spending money early vs. late in the campaign. When the candidate have to compete for funds, and their ability to raise funds depends on their standing in the polls, candidates are forced to incr...

New Jersey political update: Special elections, general elections and hot topic issues in Trenton.

Discursive Strategies in Selected Political Rally Campaigns of 2011 Elections in Southwestern Nigeria

This paper discussed the discursive strategies in selected political rally campaigns of the 2011 elections in Southwestern Nigeria with a view to revealing the dynamics of political persuasion and mobilization in contemporary natural political communication in Nigeria. The data for the study were obtained from two political rallies in each of the six Southwestern states in Nigeria, making a tot...

Campaign Spending in the Local Government Elections of 1999

For the first time in Irish electoral history, the 1999 local elections required candidates to publicly declare their campaign expenditures. Drawing on these data, we explore patterns in campaign spending and assess their impact, both on candidate success and on turnout. First, examining the elections contested by 1,838 candidates from 180 local constituencies and 34 councils, we identify both ...