The 2020 election, a missed opportunity
After Bernie Sanders announced his concession to the disappointment of many Americans on April 8th, Joe Biden is now running unopposed. All that is left to officially ensure Biden’s candidacy is a simple majority...
The lead-up to Super Tuesday
Debates are more than an opportunity for voters to compare candidates, they also subtly exhibit the campaign’s notion about their possibility of victory. Based on their candidates' projections of victory, campaigns develop strategies to...
The 2020 State of the Union address
The State of the Union address, initiated by George Washington in 1790, is an annual speech that outlines the accomplishments of the ongoing administration from the previous year, while introducing an agenda for the...
Polarization, a threat to American democracy
Year after year, it seems moderate Americans are being pushed further to a particular political party and firmly adopting their respective ideology. From the events that we have already seen, the 2020 presidential campaign...
Trump’s Impeachment, the Perfect Example of American Polarization
Impeachment is the process of removing a sitting president by vote of Congress. Throughout the history of the United States, only three Presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson (for violating the Tenure of Office...
Donald Trump, America’s newest wartime president
In the United States, it is said that there is nothing more popular than a wartime president. However, it’s not the enemy that makes these presidents popular, but the feeling of patriotism that unites...
The Democrat Attack
Amid the differences on the Democratic primary debate stage, and the sub-divisions among Democratic voters, one thing has the ability to unify the left is their unfavourability of Donald Trump. When consulting various opinion...
The Economic Subdivisions within in the Democratic Party
The 2020 presidential primary has revealed the ideological divide in the Democratic Party that could be detrimental to their general election victory. With his late-entry into an already packed Democratic field, Michael Bloomberg evoked...
Winner takes all. An analysis of the electoral college
The way in which presidential elections are decided in the United States is not based on a nation-wide popular vote, but on electoral points deriving from State-based popular votes. Specifically, there are 538 electoral...
The 2020 American presidential election, initial voting figures
Most States have political identities that are reflected in the State’s voting history. This data gives us the ability to pre-determine State victories in the upcoming American presidential elections. Including figures from the last...
