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In years following a presidential election, the Dow Jones industrial average has been up 11 times with an average gain of 0.7 percent, the almanac said, citing 17 years.

Before Trump fired him in early May, Comey oversaw the FBI's investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russian officials to interfere in last year's presidential election.

FORTUNE — In a year with a highly contentious presidential election, the Olympics, and tragedy, after tragedy, after tragedy, you'd think 2012 would have been a banner year for American media.

But last year, The Post reported that Felix Sater, a real estate developer with a checkered past, sent an email to then - Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization Michael Cohen in November 2015 in which he indicated that a plan to construct a Moscow Trump Tower was moving forward, and bragged that they would soon be celebrating not just the completion of the tower, but also Trump's victory in the presidential election.

Lynch leaves office following a nearly two - year tenure marked by massacres carried out by violent extremists, including the shootings at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida; persistent hacking from overseas, including Russian government efforts to meddle in the U.S. presidential election; and an election - season investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server that entangled the Justice Department in presidential politics and led to criticism for her ill - timed meeting on an airport tarmac with former President Bill Clinton.

CNBC's Eamon Javers sits down with Rajesh De the Former General Counsel for the National Security Agency; Michele Reagan the Secretary of State of Arizona; and Mark Testoni the President and CEO of SAP National Security Services to talk about the concern of foreign interference in this year's presidential election.

With two deeply unpopular nominees on the presidential ballot this year, the number of voters in Maryland who wrote in their own candidate for president more than tripled, according to state election data.

So we are dealing with the irreconcilable fact that the Obama position threatens to lower living standards from 10 % to 20 % over the coming few years — making the United States look more like Greece, Ireland and Latvia than what was promised in the last presidential election.

Stamos, who joined the social giant almost three years ago after a very public stint in a similar role at Yahoo, ran the team inside Facebook tasked with hunting down ads related to the Kremlin's efforts to sow unrest in the U.S. ahead of the presidential election.

And of course, we are seeing a lot of that in the UK at the moment and there's a lot of that going on in the [United] States that we saw last year with the presidential election.

They were the concerns that we had at the beginning of the year with the Dutch election in January / February, then we had the French presidential election in the middle of the year and the German election has just taken place.

In 2016, investors began the year with two dreadful months in markets, all while two major political risks loomed — June's Brexit vote and the November presidential elections in the U.S.. Both events produced surprise results and chaos in marketIn 2016, investors began the year with two dreadful months in markets, all while two major political risks loomed — June's Brexit vote and the November presidential elections in the U.S.. Both events produced surprise results and chaos in marketin markets, all while two major political risks loomed — June's Brexit vote and the November presidential elections in the U.S.. Both events produced surprise results and chaos in marketin the U.S.. Both events produced surprise results and chaos in marketin markets.

But it has been a tough year for Facebook in the U.S., and most of the company has been grappling with the fact that Facebook's service was used by Russian actors to try and sway the 2016 presidential election.

In contrast with previous presidential elections, where evangelical Christians were among the most engaged, this year, only 20 percent said they were following news about the campaign very closely.

The greater danger for Francis may be that all sides in the country's tensions may want to spin his message their way, especially with one eye on presidential elections in Brazil scheduled for next year.

This year's presidential election in the United States presents Christian voters with an especially difficult choice.

With less than a month until the presidential election, what was said at this year's Pulpit Freedom Sunday could hold more sway than in previous years.

A few weeks before last year's presidential election, Mitt Romney held a high - profile meeting in North Carolina with the Reverend Billy Graham, patron saint of American Evangelicals.

That change in course is seen by some critics (rightly, I think) as a desire to avoid conflict with Big Food — and its powerful lobbying arm — in the midst of a presidential election year.

Turned out to be fascinating timing for a political junkie like myself, as 2011 is a major election year in Argentina, culminating this Sunday with the national presidential election.

Beginning with Republicans, while securing this year's Presidential election, many in the top leadership of the Republican Party have seen the «writing on the wall».

The Independent Democratic Conference in the Senate has come under increasing pressure since last year's presidential election to form a new alliance with the mainline Democrats in the chamber.

The fact that this is a presidential election year stacks the deck against Republicans to begin with in this Democrat - dominated state, although whoever wins the GOP primary will have more time than ususal between then and the November general election to focus on the real target: Gillibrand.

More than a year after Republican leaders promised to investigate Russian interference in the presidential election, two influential Republicans made the first known congressional criminal referral in connection with the meddling — against one of the people who sought to expose it.

With impending Argentine presidential elections, oil and gas exploration, and the 30th Anniversary of the Falklands Conflict, next year, all likely to attract global interest, the issue of the Falkland Islands and their future will continue to be debated in newspaper columns in the UK and elsewhere.

U.S. intelligence agencies said in a report in January that the television station, which broadcasts on cable in the United States, is «Russia's state - run propaganda machine» and that it contributed to the Kremlin's campaign to interfere with last year's presidential election in favor of Republican Party candidate Donald Trump.

Weiner's messages with the 15 - year - old girl led the FBI to reopen its investigation into Clinton's private email server just before the presidential election in November.

Republicans were working with a fantastic political baseline in 2014 — low presidential approval, a slew of Democratic Senate incumbents defending their seats in Red states, a midterm election, and high - quality candidates drawn into battle this year, in part precisely because it was so favorable to Republicans in the first place.

They will represent districts Democrats carried with big margins in presidential election years — seats the newly minted Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Ben Ray Luján will probably want back.

It's already been a busy election year in New York State, with four different election dates crowding the calendar, including the unusually meaningful presidential primary on April 19, State primaries on September 13, and of course the real thing on November 8.

WASHINGTON — In a feisty statement to be delivered to the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, Roger Stone, President Trump's longtime political adviser, denies any collusion with Russia during last year's presidential election and accuses panel members of «cowardice» for insisting that he testify behind closed doors rather than in a public sessioIn a feisty statement to be delivered to the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, Roger Stone, President Trump's longtime political adviser, denies any collusion with Russia during last year's presidential election and accuses panel members of «cowardice» for insisting that he testify behind closed doors rather than in a public sessioin a public session.

Stone's long - awaited appearance before the committee is shaping up to be a combative confrontation with Democratic committee members who have publicly accused him of being a key player in Russian efforts to meddle in last year's presidential election.

The forum was the first in a new series called the Campbell Debates, where panelists are asked to argue for or against asking rich people to pay more — a question deeply rooted in this year's presidential election, Occupy Wall Street protests and the tea party's dissatisfaction with traditional political parties.

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The left received its highest share, 54 per cent, in the same fifty two year period with the sole exception of the presidential elections in 1988.

Intelligence officials have said Russian - backed hackers played a key role in disrupting the presidential election in 2016 by injecting fake news on social media and may be trying a similar effort this year with the congressional elections.

Plaintiff again states that in order to fully participate in this year's general elections, she must find and deposit with the 1st Defendant an amount of GHC2, 800,000.00 of which fees and or deposit of fees would be confiscated to the State should Plaintiff failed to secure at least 25 % of the presidential votes and 12.5 % votes in each constituency parliamentary votes in the general elections.

Pelosi is also pointing out that if Cuomo indeed has presidential aspirations, presiding over a Democrat - dominated state that loses Democratic House members in a presidential election year because he declined to get engaged in the House redistricting process will not play well with party insiders.

The two major political parties in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have intensified their political campaigns with just about 60 days to this year's presidential and parliamentary elections.

These focus on timing — possibly delaying the referendum beyond the prime minister's deadline of the end of 2017 to ensure that the renegotiations do not clash with the French presidential and the German federal elections in May and the late summer of that year.

One can imagine Facebook splashing that message — replete with balloons and confetti — all over screens in America (and Russia) on Thursday, the one - year anniversary of special prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

And this year, Democrats will likely enjoy a down - ballot bump that comes in elections that overlap with presidential races.

De Blasio, nevertheless, perhaps has his biggest political and governmental allies in Albany with the Senate Democratic conference, which is eyeing 2016 and a huge party turn out in a presidential election year.

As Squadron mentioned, Democrats are looking to 2016, when a presidential election year with the potential of Hillary Clinton at the top of the ticket will deliver them large gains in the Senate.

Addressing media personnel after the exercise, the NPP flagbearer expressed his satisfaction with the «simple» process, adding that «I have one vote in the bank for myself» in this year's presidential election.

The All People's Congress» (APC) aspirant, together with 12 other presidential aspirants, were disqualified from contesting in this year's presidential elections by the Electoral Commission for failing to meet the electoral requirement of filling their nomination forms.

The next presidential election is nearly three years away, but in the Capitol the race is already unfolding, with no fewer than six senators — including New York's Kirsten Gillibrand — eyeing the Democratic nomination in 2020, with each angling to get to the left of the others, complicating things for their colleagues seeking re-election this year.

(c) False information in registering or voting; penalties Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

And has Alhaji Banda ever afforded himself the time and opportunity to critically analyze and examine why, for instance, the distinguished and immortalized Mr. B. J. «Joe» da Rocha woefully failed in his yeomanly and very mature and civilized attempt to prevent Mr. Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, former President John Agyekum - Kufuor's widely alleged favorite presidential candidate, from very publicly and undiplomatically deserting the New Patriotic Party in 2008, with only some 4 months before that historic year's general election?

One of those factors will likely be what his run would mean for his fellow Senate Republicans, who are gearing up for a re-match with the Democrats for control of the chamber in what's shaping up to be a challenging year, thanks to the twin corruption convictions of two former top conference leaders — ex-Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous and ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos — as well as a presidential election that will likely boost Democratic turnout in this Democrat - dominated state.