Amidst the controversy of the election results, Chirot made the claim that there is "an absence of leadership necessary to remedy this situation," and that some form of power sharing will be need to be negotiated if a peaceful resolution of the standoff is to be achieved.
Amidst the exultation at the election of the nation's first black president, it felt unseemly to ask whether his race could, despite it all, have had a negative effect of the magnitude of his victory.
Amidst all of her endless re-examination of the election, she overlooks the obvious seminal question: How was it possible that the wealthiest and most successful nation in human history could elect a transparent idiot as president?
His main opponent in the election, Laurent Gbagbo, proclaimed himself president, but rival candidates called for new elections amidst more violence.See article: Cote d'Ivoire's new presidentZimbabwe's opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, started impeachment proceedings against President Robert Mugabe.
Amidst discussing our own search for purpose, we discussed how a search for purpose might be related to the election.
His appearance comes amidst claims from Donald Trump that the former president wiretapped the phone lines at Trump Tower in the time leading up to the election.
No doubt there will be praise for the NLD's achievements in office, but there will also be more vocal criticism, perhaps to a lesser extent, but more so than what we saw amidst the pre-2015 election frenzy.
Better to be rejected by heavy turnout than to have the election decided by party stalwarts amidst an atmosphere of indifference.
The Election Commission of India has decided to conduct state assembly elections amidst the chaos.
Amidst the post-election despair, we keep reminding ourselves of another of Mr. Douglass' quotations, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress [for] power concedes nothing without a demand".
