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This paper adopts an information systems perspective to study the recent American presidential election. The election may be seen as a decision making process to choose the leader to represent the wishes and interests of the people. The system supporting the process is an information system, with information technology, inputs, outputs, users, human operators, procedures, assumptions, and goals. The functioning of the system is deeply embedded in the political life, with its history, institutions, procedures, norms and strengths and flaws. The output of the system is thus a good enough answer, rather than the most accurate answer.
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Heng, M.S.H. (2002). The Institutional Context of Information. In: Liu, K., Clarke, R.J., Andersen, P.B., Stamper, R.K., Abou-Zeid, ES. (eds) Organizational Semiotics. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 94. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35611-2_15
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