In most ways, the 2020 election served to underscore how contentious American politics are. Poring over the results, analysts have already begun emphasizing how highly polarized Americans are by metrics such as generation, gender, race, education and geography. Overlooked in this analysis is one important policy area where people appear…
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Opinion: Election Day of the Imperial Core
(The following was written on Nov. 3, 2020, in the evening.) There is an energy about – at least here in Liberty, Missouri – perhaps too everywhere inside these boundaries called the United States. If I say this energy is palpable, this is said not entirely for cliché. That should be…
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Student Poll: Who is voting for whom?
With the 2020 Election on the horizon, every eligible American must face the same crucial question: who do you trust to lead our country for the next four years? The 2020 election has dominated the political debate ever since President Trump won in 2016. College students are one of the…
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Biden and Trump’s Endorsements
As election day looms, it is worth looking at the collection of allies and supporters assembled for both campaigns. Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have managed to largely unify their parties’ lawmakers and traditional allies around their campaigns. The Biden campaign’s endorsements reflect the balancing of the two major…
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Opinion: Biden’s merch shop is a perfect representation of the election thus far
Joe Biden’s merch shop seems to be poking fun at President Trump to an extreme, but I’m not mad about it. The most recent drop on the site is a fly swatter with “Truth over Flies” written on the handle, which came out right after last week’s vice presidential debate,…
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Opinion: Online friends have made the pandemic more bearable
You don’t hear about it as much as you used to, but Fortnite, the worldwide multi-billion dollar online phenomena, has left a legacy much larger than people realize. Trust me, I see Fortnite the same way as everyone reading this does – a game for children to obsess over. Although,…
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Weekly Update on the 2020 Election: September 17
In less than two months, the American people will vote in one of the most contentious elections in U.S. history. According to both national and statewide polls, there is likely to be a new President of the United States. A poll conducted by The Economist has former Vice President Joe…
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The final Democratic primary debate
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) greeted one another March 16 by bumping elbows, setting the mood for a debate that would be dominated by talk of proposed COVID-19 response plans. The debate was hosted by CNN in a D.C. television studio – the first to…
Read MoreJoe Biden in 2020
Former vice president Joe Biden is unsure whether he will run for president in the 2020 race. A planned 2016 bid for the candidacy ended when his foremost proponent and son, Beau Biden, died at the age of 46 from brain cancer. Since the 2016 election, Biden has been critical…
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