Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr On the afternoon of Nov. 11, Joe Biden surpassed 270 electoral votes and was officially declared the president-elect of the United States. The Associated Press called the 2020 presidential election, reporting that Biden won by a landslide with 290 electoral votes against Donald Trump, […]
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A summary of the 2020 presidential election
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia Four days after election day, Joe Biden was announced as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. This election’s results prove to be significant in the number of firsts it has. Because he will be 78 by the end of this month, Biden will […]
The 2020 election closes with a national celebration
Photo courtesy of Geoff Livingston, Flickr The 2020 presidential election took way longer than anyone expected. After what felt like endless nights of obsessively watching the news for updates on this stressful election, an announcement finally came on Saturday, Nov. 7: former Vice President Joe Biden was projected as the […]
Strict voter identification requirements can mitigate fraud
Photo courtesy of EraserGirl, Wikipedia The 2020 presidential election has come to a close despite ballots still being counted and three states not being called. It has been an election unlike no other given the circumstances of COVID-19, which resorted in some states mostly running their elections by mail-in ballots. On […]
Live coverage of the 2020 election
Photo by Natalie Tsur Saturday, Nov. 7 2:22 p.m. After securing the electoral votes in Pennsylvania and Nevada, Democratic candidate Joe Biden wins the presidential election. Votes in Georgia, North Carolina and Alaska are still to be announced, but Biden currently holds 290 votes while Trump stands at 214. Wednesday, […]
The final presidential debate could breed new blue votes
Photo courtesy of Adam Schultz, Flickr The final presidential debate was not nearly as exciting and heated as the first, but it definitely contained moments that were worth watching. President Donald Trump again left many important questions unanswered. We as the American people deserve answers on his plan for […]
The first presidential debate was a success for Biden
Photo courtesy of Joe Biden, Flickr CNN’s Jake Tapper gave the most accurate summary of the first Presidential Debate when he tweeted “That was a hot mess, inside a dumpster fire, inside a train wreck.” I am strongly tempted to leave the whole article at that, seeing that I have […]
Presidential candidates were unprofessional at first debate
Photo courtesy of Joe Biden, Flickr Tuesday night was the first 2020 presidential debate. The dead silent, darkened audience seemed to foreshadow what was to come. The debate epitomized the political conversation across the country: rather than discussing who is a better candidate, the discussion revolved around who is worse. Stepping […]
The DNC asks Americans to vote against moral beliefs
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr American presidential elections seem to consistently ask voters to choose “the lesser of two evils.” Now, as Joe Biden faces becoming the Democratic nominee, the ballot is asking Americans to vote between two alleged sexual assaulters. Last month, Tara Reade came forward on a […]
Bernie Sanders ends campaign but still motivates young voters
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders dropped out of the campaign race for president last Wednesday, April 8. This effectively places Joe Biden in position to become the democratic nominee with no competition, but that doesn’t mean Sander’s fight is over. Sanders was an important figure […]