Presidential historian Richard Norton Smith says McKinley's win "confirmedthe conservative nature of the American republic."

研究竞选的历史学家理查德·诺顿·史密斯说，麦金利的获胜，“印证了美国的保守本性”。

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She was the first female vice presidential candidate of the Republic Party.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

A camera only shows women's legs walking on high heels disappearing in the crowd, while an announcer encourages women to vote "independently" in the presidential and local elections Sunday in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

This year the government plans a referendum on a new (non-separatist) constitution and a presidential election for the republic, and has been closing down refugee camps in neighbouring Ingushetia and forcing their inhabitants back to Chechnya.

ECONOMIST: Russia and Chechnya

Former Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman is set to face Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg in a run-off in the Czech Republic's presidential election.

BBC: Czech election: two candidates in second round run-off

Former PM Milos Zeman has won the Czech Republic's presidential election - the first time the position has been decided by direct popular vote.

BBC: Czech election: Milos Zeman wins presidential poll