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By Claire Schneider

Clinton scores, Trump flops, voters lose

Ian Kea September 29, 2016

Only 9 percent of the United States population voted to make Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump the nominees for their respective parties. Monday night the 91 percent that did not vote in the primaries...

Campaign Commentary: Are third party candidates viable presidential nominees or a way to waste a vote?

Maggie Randall September 21, 2016

Election day is just around the corner, when voters across the U.S. will elect the 45th president. A majority of voters will decide between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton or Republican nominee Donald...

By Twitter user @elizabethforma

Campaign Commentary: Warren a new boxer in the ring

Maggie Randall June 13, 2016

If the 2016 Presidential Election could be described as a boxing match, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump would be battling it out in the ring. By now, Sen. Elizabeth...

Blind anger, utter complacency, or misguided optimism

Sam Scanlan June 1, 2016

Voters can have the ireful populist rhetoric of the presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, they can have what would essentially be a continuation of the past twenty years in the form of  the Secretary...

By Claire Schneider

Bernie Sanders: the only option for the democratic card

Ian Kea June 1, 2016

Sen. Bernie Sanders is the best candidate for the Democratic Party. Simply put, Sanders needs to be the nominee. Without Sanders at the forefront of the national platform, the Democratic Party may be...

Campaign Commentary: Who is best fit for the job?

Maggie Randall June 1, 2016

With the primary election season coming to a close, it is time to look towards what will come next in the 2016 Presidential Election. There are just ten primary elections left until June 14. California...

Campaign Commentary: A Conversation with Former Gov. Dukakis of Peace and Politics

Maggie Randall April 20, 2016

There is no better way to understand a presidential election than to speak with someone who has run one before. There is also no better way to understand local politics than to ask someone who served as...

Campaign Commentary: An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders Supporters

Maggie Randall April 13, 2016

When Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced his candidacy to run for president in 2016 last May, most of the world did not bat an eye. Sanders’s announcement at the get-go garnered some support but...

Campaign Commentary: Will Trump be the Republican nominee?

Maggie Randall April 6, 2016

Over the past several weeks Republican, presidential candidates such as Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Ben Carson have begun dropping out of the race. Through and through, the one candidate...

Campaign Commentary: Super Tuesday hosts Suffolk turnout

Maggie Randall March 2, 2016

On Tuesday, several states across the country cast their votes for the presidential primary, with nine states holding a primary, four holding Republican caucuses and one with a Democratic caucus. Massachusetts...

Campaign Commentary: South Carolina is home of family support and voting restrictions

Maggie Randall February 24, 2016

With the third presidential primary weeks away, the next stop for presidential hopefuls is South Carolina, where most have already started campaigning. For Republicans, winning South Carolina may be crucial...

US election to resolve or heighten global tension

Colin Barry February 10, 2016

With the daunting  presidential election coming up just months away, the rest of the world is watching as they outline their tensions with the United States. The world will face the impact of the new...

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