The latest news & results from the 2016 US election campaign
Written by Jason Carter The past ten months have seen probably the most controversial presidential campaign in the US history. The candidates: Donald Trump for the Republican party and Hillary Clinton for the Democrats. Soon the World will know who has won the presidency and taken residence at the white house. Along the way, many…
I can still recall when Barack Obama won the presidency. I could never have imagined that an African American could become president. Even though at the time I did not immediately see the effect it would have on my life, I knew with absolute certainty, I was living through history. When Pete Seeger sang “The…
Written by Emilia Jiang When you type in ‘US election 2016’ on Baidu.com, China’s biggest search engine as Google has been banned for access since 2014, millions of news threads pop out instantly, along with key words such as ‘joke’, ‘ridiculous’ and ‘reality show’. For many past presidential elections, The Chinese Communist Party use them…
An Opinion Piece by Wesley LeBlanc The election isn’t rigged. An election has never been rigged and an election never will be rigged. To believe such a thing goes against the very backbone on which our voting system confidently relies and that backbone isn’t just composed of beliefs. Yet you hear that all the time:…
The upcoming US Election is largely seen as a two-party race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. However, there are also other candidates running for election who are expected to receive a large amount of votes. Students from our partner institution, Montclair State University, explain why they are avoiding the mainstream candidates.
