Les elections presidentielles de mille neuf cent quatre vingt - huit aux etats-unis
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Abstract EN:
Republicans have won the nineteen eighty-eight presidential elections nevertheless, democrats maintain their sway inboth houses. Hence, the president-elect has no congressional coattails. The republican rout in the electoral college does have little relation to what most people want from the government, for voting levels are continously going down. The road that leads to the white house is very tiring and long. Before the nomination of the two candidates by their respective pazrties, any candidate willing to get nominated may take part in the primaries and the caucuses preceding the national conventions. Once nominated, the two candidates come face to face, thus involving themselves in a real struggle characterized by a barrage of negative ads? as a matter of fact, to capture the white house, presidential contenders should spend a lot of money so as to further their campaign ends. Needless to say, some aspirants were compelled to withdarw from the competition because they did not have enough money. Others were obliged to retreat from the race for the press has poked its nose in their private
Abstract FR:
Les republicains ont remporte les elections presidentielles de mille neuf cent quatre vingt huit. Par contre, les democrates ont assure leur mainmise sur le congres ou ils ont conforte leur majorite dans les deux chambres. Ce ras-de-maree realise par les republicains dans le college electoral ne reflete pas la volonte de tous les citoyens americains car le taux d'abstention reste toujours trop eleve. La course a la maison blanche est un veritable marathon electoral. Avant la designation finale des candidats de chaque parti par leur conventions respectives les pretendants desireux de solliciter l'investiture peuvent se soumettre aux caucus et aux primaires. Apres la nomination des deux candidats par leur parti, ils se livrent a un face a face caracterise par la salve de de publicite negative echangee entre eux. A vrai dire, la conquete de la maison blanche constitue un jeu tres couteux. Certes certains candidats ont ete oblige de quitter le champ de bataille car ils etaient a court d'argent. D'autres se sont retires de la course car la presse n'a pas hesite a fouiller dans leur vie privee. La television en tant que source principale d'information a rendu l'image des candidats plus importante que les questions de l'actualite.