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mogul who has never held any sort of office before but instead has recently been a reality show host. Contrary to belief, the election is not as one-sided as once perceived, in fact, the race is closer than ever at this moment. Shortly after the democratic national convention, markets gave Donald Trump as little as a 20% chance of becoming the next president. Furthermore, he may have gone too far after attacking the parents of an American Muslim soldier who was killed in Iraq. Additionally,…

The Disappearing Union Founded in 1935, the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Automobile Workers (UAW) is an American labor union representing workers from the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada. The UAW is a diverse union with the majority of its members coming from the automotive industry. They currently have approximately 400,000 active members with another 580,000 retired members according…

Clinton, it is frustrating to see her campaign bogged down with the same questions for almost two years now. Any objective assessment of her ability to do function as a president will show that she is more qualified than the best that the republican party can ever produce, at least for now. It doesn’t matter whether it’s John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio or anyone else. President Obama is absolutely correct when he said that there has never been anyone more qualified for the office than…

the War of 1812 and became a national war hero that led to his popularity and later presidential election. Today Andrew Jackson is widely regarded as one of the most influential presidents in United States History and is known for founding the Democratic Party and supporting individual liberty. He is remembered as the “peoples president”. The American people of his time loved and supported him…

Hillary Rodham Clinton is the Democratic Candidate running for the position of the President of the United States. The former first lady born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago Illinois, has always been an active advocate of the party. As a young woman she campaigned for the then Republican candidate nominee Barry Goldwater in 1964 and after listening to a powerful speech by Reverend Martin Luther Ling Jr she entered into public service and became a Democrat in 1968. Hilary graduated from Yale…

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas were two prominent figures in American politics in the 1850’s. Douglas, a spokesperson for the Democratic party, was looking to be reelected for his third term in the United States Senate. Lincoln, a representative for the Republican party, was running for the Senate in the very seat that Douglas currently held. These two men engaged in a series of seven debates, that would garner national attention and speak to various issues regarding the political…

William Jennings Bryan’s speech was more than just a political stunt used to win him the Democratic nod in the election of 1896 though; it showcased the general political and economic division of Americans in the late 1800’s between the decaying agrarian culture of the Plains and West and the bustling urbanized culture in the North East and Midwest…

new president is elected into the White house. Nominees from different political parties travel across the nation to win the citizens votes in each state. For example, the Republican party nominated the candidate Donald Trump on July 19, 2016. From then on, before election day, Trump has gone state to state, trying to secure votes for himself to win the election. His poll numbers increased daily and the Republican party and various Republicans supported him on his way to win the presidential…

The 1990s began with the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton, George Bush and Ross Perot. The 2 questions we have to ask is how a sitting president with an 80% approval rating in 1990 lost the election 2 years later and what caused the right to left political shift. Republican’s seemed slightly lost after the Persian Gulf War and were leaning to a more conservation right. With no major foreign affairs to focus on all eyes were on the economy. George bush then uttered those 6 famous words…

The 1992 Presidential election pitted incumbent President George Bush against the Democratic party’s candidate Bill Clinton and Independent Ross Perot in a contentious campaign. Bush had garnered the votes of the American people in the 1988 election under the pretense that taxes during his presidency under no uncertain terms, or as he famously stated “Read my lips. No new taxes”, would rise. Bush soon breaks this oath to deal with the rising deficit, this action resulting in a lasting effect on…