Foundation of software engineering 2012 presidential election

How the obama campaign won the race for voter data the. Michael dukakis had led george bush in the polls for much of the spring and summer. As he says, 1 software engineering has its own political axis, ranging from conservative to liberal. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election for the u. This provides the foundation for techniques that promise to unlock the power of socialmedia data and to transform politicalforecasting models. Ieee membership offers access to technical innovation, cuttingedge information, networking opportunities, and exclusive member benefits.

The electorate for the forthcoming balloting will be sampled, questioned, categorized, sliced, and diced a zillion different ways between now and nov. They can touch the computer screen directly, or use a keyboard, button. Over the next three years, dominion voting will support election technology pilots with donated. Nov 04, 2016 he is a big data expert in the uq school of information technology and electrical engineering, and his election prediction is based on an online search and analysis tool that is updated daily with. In one of their first conversations about 2012, campaign manager jim messina. What role did technology play in hillary clintons 2016 loss to donald trump. There is a presidential election in france next spring and german elections are due in the early autumn. Engineers and developers work at president obamas campaign headquarters in. For boston startup clear ballot, the 2016 election is a.

May 03, 2016 thats anything but a tight election and an extremely high likelihood so early in an election cycle. Click states on this interactive map to create your own 2020 election forecast. A groundbreaking book in this field, software engineering foundations. Kim alexander is president and founder of the california voter foundation. Firsttime voters are some of the most important americans to show up on election day because they represent the newest voices making their wishes for government known. There are a total of 538 electors selected according to each states policy. Many constants have rapidly changed lately for the 72year old powerful brand.

Third, and this is really important, the other thing about technology is that its always advancing the thing that was state of the art in 2008 or 2012 is no longer state of the art in 2016. Kalam served as the 11th president of india, succeeding k. Ballot secrecy keeps voting technology at bay scientific. Media coverage of the us election in arabic, chinese, and russian media 67 randolph kluver 51. Sommerville, software engineering, chapter project management 5sep. Nov 17, 2016 election maps are telling you big lies about small things. Sep 04, 2012 the 2012 presidential election unit, for example, meets common core state standards for english language arts.

When americans go to the polls on november 8 they will select their favorite presidential. Charlie cook predicts tight presidential race, continued. This study is a crosssectional survey conducted to test new questions under consideration for potential inclusion in the anes 2020 time series study and to provide data about voting and public opinion in the early stage of the 2020 presidential primary campaign. Members support ieee s mission to advance technology for humanity and the profession, while memberships build a platform to introduce careers in technology to students around the world. Create a specific matchup by clicking the party andor names near the electoral vote counter. How the open source election technology foundation is. United states presidential election of 2012 britannica. The team hired software engineers and data experts and. International foundation for electoral systems wikipedia. Mar 26, 2012 the 1988 presidential election was a victory for political science. Ifes the international foundation for electoral systems. Out of 18,903,143 citizens registered to vote in the presidential.

How universal design can help every voter cast a ballot. Charlie cook predicts tight presidential race, continued gop control of house filed in capitol hill by nahb now on august 12, 2016 2 comments this election is about changing the nature of the political process, political pundit charlie cook told the nahb board of directors this week during the midyear meeting in miami. It has isolated footings, integrated footings, strip footings, pile caps, and even mat foundations. He asked the dncs technology department to develop software that. Engineering an early election looks more tempting for mrs may. Often when thinking about eenabled elections, there is a tendency to think about e. Cindy cohn is the executive director of the electronic frontier foundation. Presidential election is predicted by several factors, including a respondents raceethnicity and how they feel about the democratic and republican parties. The joint meeting of the european software engineering conference and the acm sigsoft symposium on the foundations of software engineering is an internationally renowned forum for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in the field of software engineering. Cuba relations and was a member of the electoral college during the 2012 presidential election. May 02, 2016 in 2012, nearly onethird of voters with a disability had trouble voting. Nov 07, 2016 clear ballots software aims to prevent the kind of uncertainty in ballot counting that clouded the 2000 presidential election in florida and to provide an independent auditing process that gives.

Committees working on behalf of president barack obamas 2012 re election. The principality was a vassal of the ottoman empire from 1538 until the 19th century. All tech considered sixty years ago, computers were used for the first time to predict the outcome of a presidential. Jul 26, 2012 we demonstrate this model on data collected immediately prior to the 2004 u. Results of the american presidential election, 2012. What role did technology play in the 2016 election. Oct 26, 2016 the general election when americans go to the polls on november 8 they will select their favorite presidential candidate and running mate. Matt blaze is a computer science professor at the university of pennsylvania, where his. The one below shows the countylevel results for the 2016 election. State precinct reference for the 2012 general election excel. My office hours are by appointment and will be held in my office, eit 4007. The international foundation for electoral systems ifes supports citizens rights to participate in free and fair elections. The politics of software development thought clusters. Apr 16, 2017 we use staad foundation the staad foundation is a low cost, comprehensive foundation design solution.

More and more countries use information and communication technology ict to try to improve their election process. Data files for the 2012 presidential election results. Oct 27, 2017 third, and this is really important, the other thing about technology is that its always advancing the thing that was state of the art in 2008 or 2012 is no longer state of the art in 2016. Technology how technology is changing the 2016 presidential election this years election is more dependent on technology than any other in history. Sixteen states have rigged the upcoming election with voting equipment manufactured by smartmatic, a company tied to billionaire hillary clinton supporter george soros. This repository includes demographic and past election data that can easily be merged with 2018 election returns to analyze the 2018 election. Where polls are not available, we use the election result from 2012. Sep 26, 2012 by rob knies, managing editor, microsoft research its a presidential election year in the united states, and that, weve learned, means that pollsters are on the prowl. Information needs for software development analytics. Dan wagner, the chief analytics officer for obama 2012, led the campaigns cave of. Romneys campaign came to an end on november 6, 2012, upon defeat by incumbent president barack obama in the 2012 presidential election.

Nov 04, 2014 in 2010, turnout was about 41% of eligible voters, but it was about 58% in the 2012 presidential election. The 2019 pilot study is now available for download from the data center. In my opinion romney was the gop candidate most vulnerable to defeat by obama. Steve yegge has a couple of posts here and here expounding a new theory of thinking about software engineering. In 1812, following one of several russianturkish wars, the eastern half of the principality, bessarabia, was annexed by the russian empire. To understand this phenomenon, we tracked a comprehensive collection of political rumors on twitter during the 2012 us presidential election campaign, analyzing a large set of rumor tweets n 330,538. Joachim gauck was elected on the first ballot by a federal convention, consisting of the 620 members of the bundestag and an equal number of members selected by the.

For more information regarding these files please see the using election data instructions. As i have written, this years clintonversustrump state polls are strongly correlated with 2012 s obamaversusromney. An early indirect presidential election officially the 15th federal convention was held in germany on 18 march 2012, the last possible day following the resignation of christian wulff as president of germany on 17 february 2012. Engineering an early election looks more tempting for mrs. Property vanguard award and in 2012 the northern california chapter of the society. A guide to political donations campaign finance election 2012 home page.

Based on the authors 30 years of experience, it examines a wide range of underlying theor. The dataset is a subset of data derived from the 2012 american national election study, and the example test whether reported vote choice in the 2012 u. Foundations of software and system performance engineering. Foundations of software engineering lecture 20, 21, and. Parag mallick spent more than 20 years studying the intersection of software engineering and life sciences to better understand predictive and personalized medicine. Had he won, romney would have been the first michigan native to serve as president as gerald ford. He is a big data expert in the uq school of information technology and electrical engineering, and his election. Mark mallochbrown, the chairman of smartmatic, is indeed tied to george soros but smartmatic election equipment wont be used in the 2016 presidential election.

Pbs announces full lineup of 2012 presidential election. But, it is also the case that beyond simple turnout factors, midterms are also directly referendums on a presidents performance. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. In the 2016 election, assuming obama had won the 2012 election, he would have already served as president for two terms, so both parties would need to nominate a new candidate. International foundation for election systems sourcewatch. This paper examines the importance of manufacturing jobs and job loss as determinants of voting patterns using countylevel voting data from recent presidential elections.

International foundation for election systems ifes founded in 1987, based in washingon dc, it fosters democratic initiatives see the work of the national endowment for democracy, extending loans and grants to various developing countries, and it provides targeted technical assistance to strengthen transitional democracies. We found that twitter helped rumor spreaders circulate false information within homophilous follower networks, but seldom functioned as a self. The international foundation for electoral systems ifes is an international, nonprofit organization founded in 1987. On 10 june 2002, the national democratic alliance nda which was in power at the time, expressed. In october 2012, smartmatic participated in the elections of 3 countries. We use staad foundation the staad foundation is a low cost, comprehensive foundation design solution. Race 2012 uses the current presidential election as a lens through which to view americas racial landscape and the competition among. Currently, the republican party is hard at work picking out their candidates that have the greatest chance of becoming elected. How technology is changing the 2016 presidential election. Oct 31, 2012 the night a computer predicted the next president. Based in arlington, va this organization helps develop and provides assistance and support for elections in new and emerging democracies.

Since 1987, ifes has provided assistance in 145 countries and currently has programs in more than 20 countries throughout asiapacific. Links on this page point to files containing raw election results. Engage future voters with election projects edutopia. Political rumoring on twitter during the 2012 us presidential. Has the economist endorsed a candidate for the 2012 us. Praise forfoundations of software and system performance engineering. Taking into account the 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018 federal general elections, 28.

Foundations of software engineering is an introductory graduate course covering a wide range of software architecture and design topics. Aug 12, 2014 in its report released earlier this january, the presidential commission on election administration noted how an online registration tool developed by the open source election technology oset foundation that is being used by virginia and groups like rock the vote highlights the way that voter information can be entered by a user in one setting a. Presidential election election of the president every 4 years, max. The united engineering foundation uef continued its robust tradition as a significant leader in the engineering community. Nov 29, 2012 the history of presidential elections demonstrates a pattern of moderate republicans losing. This dataset is designed for teaching logistic regression. The acm joint european software engineering conference and symposium on the foundations of software engineering esecfse is an internationally renowned forum for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in the field of software engineering. The use of different forms of technology in the election process has been on the rise.

Election type midterm or presidential we will see presidential elections are americas highest turnout. Prompting students to think more critically about the messages they see and hear this election season is a goal of projects that emphasize media literacy. The history of presidential elections demonstrates a pattern of moderate republicans losing. The 2012 presidential software race a small shadow industry of software providers markets the polling and fundraising tools used in most american political campaigns. Much of the public discourse and media analysis of the surprise outcome of the 2016 us presidential election has emphasized the role of manufacturing workers. This question was originally answered on quora by peter kazanjy. In 2014, dominion voting committed to providing emerging and postconflict democracies with access to voting technology through its philanthropic support to the delian project, as many emerging democracies suffer from postelectoral violence due to the delay in the publishing of election results. Presidential election not involving any potential candidate for the upcoming 2012 u. Presidential election, and we show how these data and the model can also be used to assess the perceived clarity of a candidates. Wegrzyn became the dncs lead targeting developer and oversaw a. Center for the study of language and information, 2012. The primary election had been scheduled to be held on march 6, 2012, with a runoff election on may 22. In venezuela, october 7, for the first time in the world, national elections were carried out with biometric voter authentication to activate the voting machines.

The typical redblue election map is in some ways deceiving. Two years after barack obamas election as president, democrats suffered. Therefore, after an election it is imperative to check that the software has behaved correctly. Kony 2012, bitcoin, wikileaks, and the future of voting online. Orca was a mobileoptimized web application used as a component of the get out the vote gotv efforts for mitt romneys 2012 presidential campaign. Process, performance modeling, requirements, testing, scalability, and practice. Google is worth hundreds of billions of dollars because it learned that a link to a website was essentially a vote for that sites content. Which software is best for the analysis and design of. Learn about logistic regression in r with data from the.

To look at all the red it would appear republicans dominated the race. Thanks to natalie jackson, the huffpollster team, and dozens of pollsters for this stream of information, which forms the foundation of the calculation. The history of moldova can be traced to the 50s, when the principality of moldavia, the medieval precursor of modern moldova and romania, was founded. This dataset contains countylevel returns for presidential elections from 2000 to. Election technology report wharton public policy initiative. All tech considered sixty years ago, computers were used for the first time to predict the outcome of a presidential race. Models based on fundamentals have failed at predicting. In reality, democrats received a larger share of the popular vote. How obamas team used big data to rally voters mit technology. An analysis of us presidential election data caroline freund and dario sidhu may 2017 abstract much of the public discourse and media analysis of the surprise outcome of the 2016 us presidential election has emphasized the role of manufacturing workers. Since 2012 john has served on ieee and nisteac standards committees for various aspects of election data, including election process modeling, reporting, interoperability, and cybersecurity. Nov 07, 2012 right, and your endorsement was based on the bad things romney could potentially do. Our independent expertise strengthens electoral systems and builds local capacity to deliver sustainable solutions.