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Politicsis the process and method of gaining or maintaining support for public or common action: the conduct of decision-makingfor groups. This notion predates human society. Although it is usually applied to governments, political behavior is also observed in corporate, academic, religious, and other institutions. Political scienceis the field devoted to studying political behavior and examining the acquisition and application of power, or the ability to impose one's will on another. Its practitioners are known as political scientists. Political scientists look at elections, public opinion, institutional activities (how legislaturesact, the relative importance of various sources of political power), the ideologies behind various politicians and interest groups, how politicians achieve and wield their influence, and so on. More about politics...edit

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Televoting is a method of opinion polling usually conducted by telephone, which incorporates deliberative democratic principles.

A televote is initiated by random sampling of a population by means of random digit dialling. Those contacted are requested to volunteer to receive written background briefing materials regarding a particular issue, that have been prepared by a panel of representatives of different stakeholder groups affected by that issue, and incorporating various views or perspectives. Volunteers are requested to discuss the issue amongst their families and friends until they have reached a decision. At the conclusion of this period they are polled again by telephone in order to determine their views.

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Dmitry Medvedev (Russian: Дми́трий Анато́льевич Медве́дев (help·info); Russian pronunciation: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪˈdvʲedʲɪf]; born September 14, 1965 in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) is a Russian politician, President-elect of Russia and the country's current First Deputy Prime Minister. He was elected President of Russia on March 2, 2008. According to final election results, he won 70.28% of votes with the turnout of over 69.78% of registered voters. The official result of the election was proclaimed on March 7, when Medvedev formally became Russia's president-elect. He is expected to take office on May 7, 2008. (read more...)

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John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Ted Kennedy circa 1960.

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We will stand by our friends and administer a stinging rebuke to men or parties who are either indifferent, negligent, or hostile, and, wherever opportunity affords, to secure the election of intelligent, honest, earnest trade unionists, with clear, unblemished, paid-up union cards in their possession.

—Samuel Gompers, American Federationist, May 1906

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Comprehensive overview of politics coverage

Numerous articles in Wikipedia are related to politics, especially to political science, democracy and the various aspects of a democratic system, most notably elections. In general, all the following articles have at least some connection with politics or the democratic decision-making process.

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Politics by country

Information on politics by country is available for every List of countries, that means each country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty (compare: History by country). The entries are listed below.