Conclusion

Brazil ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riordan Roett
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
Election Cycle ◽  
General Expectation

Was the 2014 presidential election totally unpredictable? As the Brazilian election cycle began in the spring of 2014—with the first round of voting on October 5—the general expectation was that the PT would nominate incumbent President Dilma Rousseff and that she would win, perhaps outright...

Not Putting Their Money Where Their Mouth Is: Retired Flag Officers and Presidential Endorsements

2019 ◽  
pp. 0095327X1988998
Author(s):  
Zachary Griffiths ◽  
Olivia Simon
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
Campaign Contributions ◽  
Election Cycle ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Civil Military Relations ◽  
General Officers ◽  
Flag Officers ◽  
Military Relations ◽  
Insight Into

Endorsements by retired flag and general officers are now a fixture of the presidential election cycle. However, their motivations are unclear. Retired flag officers might endorse with material, purposive, or solidarity motives. We evaluate these motivations with a new data set of 1,340 endorsements by 1,041 endorsers between 2004 and 2016 matched with campaign contributions. We find that campaign contributions, service in the Navy, and retiring as a higher ranked officer are all associated with an increased likelihood of endorsing. We conclude that about 10 retired flag officers participate to improve their material situation, 193 seek to advance their ideological preferences, and the remainder participate to demonstrate solidarity with their peers or acquaintances. These findings provide new insight into endorser motivations and civil–military relations.

scholarly journals “Feminazis,” “libtards,” “snowflakes,” and “racists”: Trolling and the Spiral of Silence effect in women, LGBTQIA communities, and disability populations before and after the 2016 election

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candi S. Carter Olson* ◽  
Victoria LaPoe*
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Spiral Of Silence ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Election Cycle ◽  
Before And After ◽  
2016 Election ◽  
Silence Effect ◽  
The Spiral Of Silence

Using a Qualtrics survey of 338 Twitter and Facebook users, the authors explore the effect that the 2016 U.S. presidential election had on people’s political posts both before and after the election and whether or not people actually experienced harassment and threats during the election cycle. If trolling causes people—particularly women, LGBTQIA community members, and people who identify with a disability—to censor themselves because they feel their opinion is in the minority or that they will be attacked for speaking, then it would follow that trolling is changing our digital public sphere, which is affecting our political conversations. 

Spanish in the 2016 U.S. presidential election

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-152
Author(s):  
Bryan Kirschen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
The United States ◽  
Election Cycle ◽  
Printed Media

Abstract This study analyzes discourse in and about Spanish by presidential hopefuls and their prospective running mates leading up to the 2016 United States presidential election. I utilize Irvine and Gal’s (2000) framework of semiotic processes to reveal how Democratic and Republican politicians implement iconization, fractal recursivity, and erasure in order to appeal to their respective bases. Further, I demonstrate how discourse in and about Spanish may be considered marked to one party and unmarked to another. Analysis is based on a 70-item corpus consisting of broadcasted and printed media, as well as content promulgated over social media during this election cycle. In analyzing key discursive moments that focus on “language”, I address national ideologies as well as latinidad and its appropriation. As such, this study contributes to an understanding of the role of Spanish and the Latino electorate within the United States.

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