Un giovane subdolo trova il successo nel mondo oscuro della diffamazione sui social media, ma l'odio virtuale avrà ripercussioni violente sulla vita reale.
In un mondo che cambia, dove la televisione è diventata la principale fonte di informazione, un giovane giornalista è testimone di come suo zio, Frank Skeffington, un politico veterano e onesto, sindaco di una città del New England, cerca di farsi rieleggere mentre banchieri e uomini d'affari cospirano nell'ombra per mettere un candidato debole e maneggevole nel consiglio comunale.
Monroe Cole, terminato il suo mandato come presidente degli Stati Uniti, ritorna nella sua città dove decide di candidarsi come sindaco. Ma Handy Harrison, proprietario di un negozio di computer, affinchè le elezioni si svolgano onestamente decide di sfidarlo.
This documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey, in which a City Councilman, Cory Booker, attempted to unseat longtime mayor Sharpe James.
When Yosemite Sam campaigns on a platform including rabbit genocide, Bugs Bunny runs against him.
A mayoral candidate's son is kidnapped. Surrounded by enemies — political and otherwise — the boy's parents have no choice but to get their hands dirty in order to save their son.
In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing supreme court justice John Josephus Grant.
Wanting to follow in his late father's footsteps, eager reformer Steve Brewster runs for mayor of a small Montana town but is forced to flee and join a gang of notorious outlaws after he's provoked into killing two corrupt officials in self-defense. Gang leader Hammer takes Steve in, and Steve falls for his daughter, Susan, but his loyalties are divided when he's appointed marshal of his hometown.
On the square of a village on a beautiful greek island there are two competing tavernas. One belongs to Aspasia and the other to Anargyros, who is a former Sergeant Major of the Greek Army. Their constant conflict doesn’t affect their children, who love and meet each other in secret. The local elections creates a new battlefield for the two taverna-owners, as they both run for office and promise everything to everyone.
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the current corrupt mayor. By using several illegal tactics, and aided by voter apathy, the crime boss nearly continues his control of the city.
Charles Murray is running for mayor. Opponent Eddie Baker has a young woman go into his shoe shop and, while changing stockings, say things that will alienate the women voters; Baker tells her it's a practical joke, and he'll get her boy friend out of jail.
In this Dogville Comedy short, twin brothers are separated at birth when one is stolen by gypsies. One becomes a district attorney, the other a drifter. Thirty years later, circumstances bring them back together.
This feature documentary follows Toronto mayoral candidate David Miller as he runs in the 2003 municipal election.