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VotRite LLC, electronic touchscreen voting systems have successfully completed the Queens Community College and Long Island University student elections. (PRWEB) May 11, 2013 “VotRite already has a strong presence in the voting community for various organized membership voting organizations," said VotRite’s Managing Partner Antonia Rollandi. “The user interface and the simplicity of our products offer our clients the expediency to enrich their voting experience.” About...

Carlos Xuma's new report explains that confidence in the dating arena starts with confidence at the core. And once armed with this, men can be irresistibly attractive to women. San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Gaining confidence with women boils down to recognizing what makes an individual unique and realizing that everyone has value, says Dating Expert Carlos Xuma in his new report. “Many men lack confidence in dating because they are mistakenly caught up in the idea that all...

SEATTLE, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, QuestionPro, a leading provider in web-based survey solutions, announced its acquisition of PollBob, the integrated website and iPhone application designed to provide real-time, on-the-go community polling data. The acquisition will add to QuestionPro's portfolio of research-oriented properties, including polling, mobile research, and online/offline surveys. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120821/SF60631LOGO) PollBob was...

MADin15.org, recently launched by Adam Radly, now gives a voice to volunteers to help shape public opinion by participating in polls and surveys and by signing petitions. Santa Monica (PRWEB) August 02, 2012 MADin15 means Make a Difference in 15 minutes and was launched to enable anyone to Make A Difference in the world, primarily by connecting non-profits with volunteer resources. Public opinion polls and surveys have proven to be a powerful tool in shaping public policy and general...

Neighbors' lawn signs, public opinion polls and even a conversation in the next restaurant booth can affect how people vote in an election. But it all depends on how far away the election is. In a new research article published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, scientists Alison Ledgerwood and Shannon Callahan of the University of California, Davis conducted two different studies examining the relationship between abstract thinking and group...

Online survey company tellwut.com asks voters to choose the novels, films, music and images that best sum up the nation on it's birthday. Toronto, ON (PRWEB) July 10, 2012 To celebrate the July 4th holiday, online survey site tellwut.com asked 300-400 of their voter members to identify the most iconic Americana in a number of different categories What is American music? Rock 'N' Roll was the most popular answer with 42% of the votes. Country music was the closest runner up...

VANCOUVER, June 14, 2012 /CNW/ - This week in Cantech Letter, Adam Adamou argues that the plurality voting system employed by most Canadian public companies is inherently flawed. He says Canadian shareholders should demand stocks they own adopt majority voting, a practice that has emerged as a best practice for board selection in Canada. Go to www.cantechletter.com to read the full article. SOURCE Cantech Letter

Majority of Egyptians Faults Brotherhood Fielding its Own Candidate As Egypt prepares this week to elect its first president since the 2011 revolution, a new University of Maryland poll finds the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate tied for fourth place. Researchers describe the race as fluid. The poll confirms the strategic damage inflicted by the Brotherhood's decision to field its own candidate, after saying it would not. Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed (71 percent) called the...

NEW YORK, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Harris Poll has been measuring the confidence of the American public in the leaders of major institutions since 1966. After seeing drops in confidence in almost all institutions last year, there is some stability this year as well as some small upward levels of confidence. However, some institutions are still at all time lows. Again this year, only 6% of all adults have a great deal of confidence in the leaders of Congress. Only one in ten...

Contradictions Created by Pollsters' Use of Forced-Choice Questions NEW YORK, April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- How can two different polling organizations, Gallup and Pew, report opposite results about public support for the U.S. government's efforts to save the auto industry? Gallup showed a majority of Americans disapproving of the "bailout," while Pew showed an even larger majority believing the opposite - that the "loans" were good for the economy. iMediaEthics'...