Proportional justified representation by Sánchez-Fernández, L, Elkind, E, Lackner, M, Fernández, N, Fisteus, J, Val, P, Skowron, P

“…The goal of multi-winner elections is to choose a fixed-size committee based on voters' preferences. …”

International prestige and the American space programme by Alston, G, Alston, Giles

“…It is shown how his experience in Congress, followed by his 1960 election campaign, gave him a different perspective on the political importance and utility of international prestige. …”

Proportional justified representation by Skowron, P, Elkind, E, Lackner, M, Sánchez-Fernández, L, Fernández, N, Fisteus, J, Val, P

“…The goal of multi-winner elections is to choose a fixed-size committee based on voters’ preferences. …”

Transit usage in social shocks: a case study of station-level metro ridership in anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong by Chan, H-Y, Ma, H, Zhou, J

“…It is found that, across metro stations, political orientation (percentage of votes to pro-democracy camp in the 2019 Election of District Councils), law enforcement (permission from the police to protest), land use type (especially for commercial and open space), population age and income, as well as transit/road network characteristics and intermodal connectivity, significantly influence the ridership of metro stations during protest days. …”

Social media, money, and politics: Campaign finance in the 2016 US congressional cycle by McElwee, L, Yasseri, T

“…Drawing on candidate-level data from Facebook and Twitter, Google Trends, Wikipedia page views, and Federal Election Commission (FEC) donation records, we analyze the relationship between the topic and volume of social media content and campaign funds received by all 108 candidates in the 2016 US Senate general elections. …”

Civil Disobedience and Its Impact on Democratization During Abdullah Badawi`s Era by Zawiyah Mohd Zain, Mohammad Agus Yusoff

“…Upon being elected as Prime Minister in 2003, Abdullah Badawi promised to make changes in the political and administrative aspects. …”
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The Relevance of Confucian Values to Leadership Communication by Joyce Cheah, Lynn-Sze, Norhafezah Yusof, Mohd Khairie Ahmad

“…The priority is, therefore, to be able sustain the impressive achievements made thus far in the rather challenging context of a multi-racial and multi-religious society, especially the need to understand the cultural thinking of the Chinese community after the recent General Election (GE13). This article discusses the Chinese and Western leadership cultures and the roles of Confucian values in leadership communication in East Asia. …”
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The elite's collective subjectivities of the history of ethnic politics in Malaysia by Xia, Nan, Lee, Yok Fee, Ab Halim, Adlina

“…However, with the opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan won the election in 9th May, UMNO-led BN lost power and interrupted its 61 years control, which leaves us an interesting topic to think about the future of Malaysian ethnic politics.…”
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The Balance Of Power In The Taiwan Strait: An Assessment by Choon, Yin Sam

“…They consider reunification with Taiwan to be a principled issue of national unity, sovereignty and territorial integration of the motherland, an issue of critical importance to China′s national interest. The election of Ma Ying-Jeou as Taiwan′s President in March 2008 was at least marked by a temporary reduction of tension across the straits. …”
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Can twitter be an effective platform for political discourse in Malaysia? A Study of #PRU13 by Kasmani, Mohd Faizal, Sabran, Rosidayu, Ramle, NorAdzrah

“…Applications of Web 2.0, particularly Twitter, are currently influencing the nature of online participation in which the audience is not merely passively reading web content, but is actually contributing to and creating the content.This study examines communication on Twitter during the 13th Malaysian General Election based on Twitter messages collected under the #PRU13 hashtag.The analyzed dataset is collected from Twitter's public timeline from May 1 to May 6, 2013.This study found lack of diversity in the discussion on Twitter sphere in which tweets that are pro-Barisan National coalition dominates the #pru13. …”
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Religiosity and development: a look at political religiosity in fourth republic Nigeria and its effect on the nation’s development by Owoyemi, Musa Yusuf

“…As Nigeria successfully concluded another general election in 2015, religion once again played a divisive role in the nation political sphere as a Muslim presidential candidate from the north contested against a Christian presidential candidate from the south, thus separating the people along religious and ethnic lines. …”
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Policy changes and its enforcement toward foreign workers in hotel industry by Ahmad, Rozila, Abdul Rahman, Rohana, Mustaffa, Che Su, Mohd Shariff, Nurhazani, Zainol, Noor Azimin, Rashid Radha, Jasmine Zea Raziah Radha

“…The change of government after the 14th Malaysian general election is followed by some changes in government policies and practices. …”
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Corruption as a Bane of National Development in Nigeria by Dikko, Ibrahim Muhammed

“…Finally, it is only leadership that emerges through free and fair election and has the people at heart can be relevant to the development of 21st century Nigeria, amidst the numerous challenges facing the country in the present democratic regime.…”
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Administrative issues and challenges in Pakistan by Nawaz, Dawood, Mohamed, Ahmad Martadha

“…Pakistan seems to be suffering from administrative hotchpotch as the delimitation by the Election Commission of Pakistan has raised serious objections and concerns and has even threatened the holding of the next elections within the constitutionally-stipulated time frame. …”
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Essays in empirical political economy by Cantoni, Enrico

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Social evolution : opinions and behaviors in face-to-face networks by Madan, Anmol P. (Anmol Prem Prakash)

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Artificial intelligence-assisted data analysis with BayesDB by Curlette, Christina M

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Misdemeanor Disenfranchisement? The Demobilizing Effects of Brief Jail Spells on Potential Voters by White, Ariel R.

“…Among first-time misdemeanor defendants, I find evidence that receiving a short jail sentence decreases voting in the next election by several percentage points. Results differ starkly by race. …”
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Predicting political sentiments of voters from Twitter in multi-party contexts by Khatua, Aparup, Khatua, Apalak, Cambria, Erik

“…We predict the political leaning of users based on their mix tweeting patterns in the context of the 2014 Indian General Election. We have agglomerated 2.4 million tweets from 0.15 million unique users. …”
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Growth strategies for rail networks in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment by Tan, Angel Hui Xian

“…Oil prices, currency performance, presidential election of huge economies (America) and major transport developments (OBOR) are factors that exemplifies the VUCA elements and will be discussed in the section on VUCA. …”
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