LiveScience Topic:
Politics
Politics and politicians often create a collective shrug in society. But with the global financial crisis striking on the eve of the U.S. presidential election, many Americans are paying more attention to the politics than ever before. Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama, and their running mates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden, have been forced to speak out about the banking debacle and the housing crisis when they might prefer to talk about their records or health care or global political situations. We look at the psychology, sociology and economics of today's political climate.
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While memory of most of the year’s newsworthy individuals will fade, we bet these five will stick.
The prophecy of Leland Freeborn, Parowan Prophet: Obama's election will cause riots and a nuclear attack.
Is a government that ignores the sentiment of its people what the Founding Fathers had in mind?
Fixing the college football post-season is on the national agenda.
Group of engineers use carbon nanotubes to make mini-portraits of Barack Obama.
County-by-county election results can make it look like a Republican landslide.
Lower oil prices are lowering motivation to invest in alternative energy sources.
Stickleback fish follow the crowd when choosing a leader.
Rumors about Obama have been investigated and disproven, but what if they were true?
Maybe, again, yes. Sure!
A federal ban on funding research into embryonic stem cells could be lifted.
The electoral college process still takes time.
The 2008 campaign for president was the most vicious in U.S. history, some pundits have said. Yeah, right.
COMMENTARY: Race only exists in the heart of the racist.
Comparison of ads and legislative records shows candidates keep their word.
Voting may not be rational but it's been a mainstay of U.S. democracy.
People without land lines are often excluded, and people change their minds.
COMMENTARY: Science should disavow race as a useful measure of people.
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