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Welcome to The Politic’s liveblog of the Democratic debate! Tonight we tune in to see Clinton and Sanders deck it out following The Iowa caucuses and The New Hampshire primaries. Will Bernie run around with a lamp shade on his head to celebrate…
You’ve heard about the results of New Hampshire, but what do they actually mean? Sandy Pecht breaks it down for you once again!
So what do these caucus results actually mean? Though some of the results do alter the direction of the race, the major challenges facing this year’s candidates have not changed. Alexander Pecht breaks to down for you.
The National Review has officially rejected Trump as the Republican Party candidate, releasing a piece simply titled “Against Trump.” What does this mean about the direction of conservatism today? Perhaps the Republican party will soon be known as a populist movement, instead of a strictly conservative one.
This election cycle has begun to resemble a reality TV show, full of name calling and desperate grabs for attention. What does this mean for our democracy? Is this actually anything new?
On the 30th of September, Mohammad Akhlaq, a muslim resident of Bisara, a village near New Delhi, was dragged out of his home and beaten to death. Akhlaq’s alleged crime? Eating beef. The mob of Hindu men responsible for 52-year-old Akhlaq’s murder were spurred…
As we finally enter 2016, our elections correspondent reflects on Rubio and Trump, Bernie and Hillary, and the bizarre turn of events regarding Sarah Palin.
With Iowa just around the corner, polling website FiveThirtyEight has predicted that Cruz and Clinton will take the caucuses. However the situation is more complicated than such predictions make it seem.
