The latest news & results from the 2016 US election campaign
Back in 2007, British journalist and political commentator Nick Cohen published his book ‘What’s Left?’, an essay which explored the contradictions and confusions of modern day liberal and left leaning politics. By the time the book reaches its ten year anniversary on 21 January 2017, either President Donald Trump or President Hillary Clinton will have just…
With 40 states voting for the same party in each election since 2000, there are a small selection of states that Clinton and Trump are focusing their campaigning on to win in the upcoming election. Politico has identified Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin as states with…
The third and final presidential debate took place at last night at 2am UK time, with Hillary Clinton claiming over half of the public’s support against Trump. The previous two debates have been characterised by interruptions and shouting-matches, with Republican nominee Donald Trump especially quick to attack his opponent, but this time he managed to…
On Wednesday the 18th of May 2016, Micheal Briggs of the Bernie Sanders campaign sent an email to Jeremy Brinster at the Democratic National Committee with the subject line ‘Sanders Welcomes California Debate’ a debate which we now know never happened. The email was the Sanders campaign requesting that the DNC to assist in helping the…
On the 12th of July 2016, with 1,187 delegates to his name, Bernie Sanders officially endorsed fellow Democratic candidate declaring that Hillary Clinton “must be our next President,” and that “Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nomination and I congratulate her for that.” It was a moment in the Democratic race many thought would have come a…
