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Hack-a-Vote: Students Learn How Vulnerable Electronic Voting Really Is
October 7, 2008 This week undergraduate and graduate students in an advanced computer security course at Rice University in Houston are learning hands-on just how easy it is to wreak havoc on computer software used ... > full story -
Visualizing Election Polls: An Animated, Interactive Way To Analyze Opinion Data
October 6, 2008 Do you want to know the percentage of white women who support vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin? What about college-educated versus high school-educated white women? Or those who also hunt? ... > full story -
Children Aware Of White Male Monopoly On White House
October 5, 2008 Challenging the idea that children live in a color or gender blind world, a new study reveals most elementary-school-age children are aware there has been no female, African-American, or Hispanic ... > full story -
Viewers Will Receive Greatest Benefit In Presidential Town Hall Debate
October 3, 2008 The candidates will be joined by dozens of "undecided" citizens eager to interrogate the two presidential hopefuls. While political strategists and media pundits are busy pondering which candidate is ... > full story -
Government Accommodates Rich And Poor Alike
October 3, 2008 The election year is in full swing, complete with allegations of class warfare and claims about which candidates cater to the rich and which candidates will best serve the interests of the poor and ... > full story -
APA Letter To Bush: New Policy Limits Psychologist Involvement In Interrogations
October 2, 2008 The American Psychological Association sent a letter October 2 to President Bush, informing him of a significant change in the association's policy that limits the roles of psychologists in certain ... > full story -
Elite Opinion Leaders Greatly Vary In Their Foreign Policy Beliefs
October 2, 2008 A new study shows how there is greater diversity of foreign policy beliefs held by elite opinion leaders than previously thought and identifies nine foreign policy ... > full story -
4 In 10 Voters Don't See Either Obama Or McCain Health-Care Plan As Better For Them
October 2, 2008 A new survey focused on how voters think the presidential candidates' health-care reform plans would affect them personally -- rather than how they think the plans would affect the nation as a whole. ... > full story -
This Is Your Brain On Politics
October 2, 2008 The founders of the United States didn't have the advantages of fMRI imaging and had no concept of the amygdala, but were hesitant about political parties and political campaigning nonetheless. Turns ... > full story -
Impact Of Terror Warnings On Presidential Race
October 2, 2008 Contrary to earlier studies that found that the threat of terrorism favors conservative leaders, a new national field study shows that government-issued terror warnings may reduce support for Sen. ... > full story
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