2012 election candidates biography examples
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The Master Character Narratives in Campaign
Press Coverage of the Character of the Candidates is Highly Negative, and Neither Obama nor Romney Has an Edge
On the eve of the conventions, the portrayal in the news media of the character and records of the two presidential contenders in has been as negative as any campaign in recent times, and neither candidate has enjoyed an advantage over the other, according to a new study of mainstream media coverage of the race for president.
More of what the public hears about candidates also now comes from the campaigns themselves and less from journalists acting as independent reporters or interpreters of who the candidates are.
An examination of the dominant or master narratives in the press about the character and record of presidential contenders finds that 72% of this coverage has been negative for Barack Obama and 71% has been negative for Mitt Romney. The study, conducted by the Pew Research Center&#;s Project for Excellence in Jou
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Third-party and independent candidates for the United States presidential election
This article contains lists of official third-party and independent candidates associated with the United States presidential election.
"Third party" is a term commonly used in the United States to refer to political parties other than the two major parties, the Democratic Party and Republican Party. An independent candidate is one who runs for office with no formal party affiliation.
Those listed as candidates have done one or more of the following: formally announced they are candidates in the presidential election, filed as candidates with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), and/or received the presidential nomination of their respective party. They are listed alphabetically by surname within each section.
Ballot access to or more electoral votes
[edit]vote totals on ballots representing electoral votes. All other candidates were on the ballots of fewer than 10 states, elector
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Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh
Independent Candidate
Secretary General, Arab Medical Union (−present)
Member, Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Bureau (−)
Born in Cairo,
Biography
Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, symbol of the Muslim Brotherhood’s liberal wing, is a pediatrician and political activist. As a student leader in the s, he famously stood up to President Anwar Sadat at a Cairo University meeting and criticized the regime’s crackdown on the Brotherhood. He received degrees in medicine and law from Cairo University and a master’s in hospital administration from Helwan University. He is the secretary general of the Arab Medical Union. He has been known for his progressive views within the Brotherhood, notably on women’s rights, Muslim-Christian relations, and protecting minorities, and is considered popular with the organization’s younger members.
After announcing his candidacy for president as an independent, he broke with the Brotherhood, which had initially decl