VIEWPOINT: US ELECTION 2004
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Adrian Dix is a regular contributor to the Victoria Times-Colonist, The Source Newspaper and thetyee.ca in British Columbia. Formerly, he was chief of staff to the former British
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One of the problems with the American Presidency is that it tends to eclipse the entire rest of the government in the public eye. People often seem to almost view the Presidency as if it were the government, rather than just one component of many within the government. In particular, the Presidential election is the only one it is possible to get many people to care about. Voter turnout drops precipitously for those elections where the Presidency is not on the ballot; and on those years where it is, the media coverage for the elections of other offices is almost entirely drowned out in the obsessive coverage of the Presidential campaign. But these other elections are no less important, and in many cases are more so. Despite the neglect they receive these elections are just as critical to our democratic process. By ignoring these elections, our nation is closing its eyes to the bulk of that part of government that affects us on a day to day basis. So what I would like to do is open up the floor and ask: What's happening in the local, non-presidential elections in your area this November?What are the important races (Senators, ballot referendums, etc) and what has been happening in them? What is your perspective on these? Let us know. If your familiarity with local politics is less than complete, Project Vote Smart offers a great deal of information on American elections and is a good place to get started.
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It wasn't supposed to happen again. But four years after their 2000 debacle, US media were left wondering if they had goofed one more time in trying to predict the results of a nail-biting presidential election.
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While the worlds attention was riveted on the U.S. presidential election and the ongoing conflict in Iraq, several other less-noticed events occurred in 2004 that will have a lasting impact in the years ahead.
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It&#39;s the scam of the 2004 presidential campaign. The emergence of new political groups this election cycle -- such as the Republican-funded Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and the Democratic-bankrolled America
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WASHINGTON (CP) - The US election was down to the wire early Wednesday in a tight race that saw the state of Ohio become as big a question mark as Florida in 2000, with President George W. Bush winning the popular vote from an electorate ultimately wary
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The 2004 presidential election is barely over - all the votes, in fact, haven&#39;t even been counted - yet barely two weeks after the re-election of President Bush, there has been a flurry of Cabinet resignations that might give the impression the
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: The American election may be taking centre-stage, but on the other side of the Atlantic there&#39;s another neck-and-neck Presidential race underway, and this campaign is so dirty and bruising it makes the US poll seem rather genteel.
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Whoever officially wins this election&mdash;at the time of this writing, it&rsquo;s technically still a squeaker that could conceivably go either way, though it&rsquo;s looking like Bush&rsquo;s first election to office&mdash;what is clear is that the Republicans owned the political agenda. I&rsquo;m not talking about Iraq or terrorism, though those were significant issues. What I&rsquo;m talking about is what got so many people to turn out and vote Republican on Tuesday: values.
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Two new opinion surveys in the United States paint very different pictures of the presidential race. A USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll of more than 1,000 people gives President Bush an eight-point lead over challenger John Kerry among all registered voters.
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Some views on the presidential campaign from voters in the Associated Press poll:
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It&#39;s probably important to say this up front: This year&#39;s presidential election shouldn&#39;t be about George W. Bush&#39;s four years in the Texas Air National Guard or John F. Kerry&#39;s four months in Vietnam.
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Some statistics on American life as Election Day nears, compared with four years earlier.
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There is another election this week. The issues are not war, taxes, morals or international credibility. They are microbes, diseases, data and international credibility.
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Putting the recent collapse in perspective.
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More and more bloggers are waking to the news:  Lessig :   ...  "Bush has won the popular vote. And it would take a freak of nature to imagine the 220,000 provisional ballots would fall strongly enough to shift Ohio. He will win the College. He is our President - legitimately, and credibly."  "Our criticism of this administration must now focus narrowly and sharply: on the policies, not on the credibility of the man."  Joi Ito :  "As Larry says, "It's over. Let it go." Jon is saying, "Don't complain - organize!" Although the previous post about the wacky voting system is interesting, it's unlikely that any sort of recount or technicality will change the fact that today, the people of the Uni ...
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Some of the day's images as US voters go to the polls in primaries and caucuses