Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of religious attendance and other cultural variables had on the vote in the 2004 presidential election. I start by first introducing the study and some of the generally held public beliefs. Following this, I review and critique scholarly articles written about the major influences in the 2004 presidential election. I then go on to formulate my own hypotheses and analyze them with a data from the American National Election Studies in 2004. I find that many cultural issues played important roles in George W. ...

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Annotated Bibliography The Death Penalty for Juveniles The following research draws upon different opinions and perceptions for and against the further enactment of the death penalty for juvenile offenders. The various articles that are presented draw conclusions on the pros and cons of using the death penalty as punishment for young offenders. Numerous views surfaced in my research such as the views of president Bush, prominent authors and court officials as well as the views of individual states. In order to fully evaluate this sensitive topic I have presented a mixture of opposing p...

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Put to the empirical test by Geoffrey Nunberg, a Stanford professor of linguistics and research scientist, Goldberg's assertions proved to be totally false as far as major newspapers are concerned. Using a database that includes the twenty top American daily newspapers, Nunberg tested the Bias hypothesis with the names of ten "well-known politicians, five liberals and five conservatives."" ... Barney Frank, the gay Democrat from suburban Boston, was called liberal more than twice as frequently as Dick Armey, the fundamentalist Republican from suburban Dallas (who once called Frank "Barney...

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