Donald J. Trump has been elected the 45th president of the United States in a stunning upset fueled by disaffection and dissatisfaction among white working class voters. Running a campaign that was motivated by anger at the political, social and media establishment, Trump was able
Election Day is just hours away, and while millions have already cast their votes early across the country, the results of those votes won’t be known until the polls close on Tuesday. If you haven’t already gone to the polls or sent a ballot through
The FBI director, James Comey, informed Congress yesterday that his agency had found no evidence of wrongdoing in a recently discovered trove of emails from Hillary Clinton. “Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusion that we expressed in July with respect to
It’s easy to forget that when you head to the ballot box you’re responsible for voting for a variety of candidates, not just those running for president. Local candidates are notoriously difficult to find information on, so The Round Table is doing its best to
The Case for Hillary Clinton The 2016 election is not, as so many have suggested, a choice between the lesser of two evils. With the two realistic choices available to voters across the country, only one of them is fit for the presidency: Hillary Clinton.
To win the office of presidency, each candidate seeks the 538 votes available through the Electoral College. In order to secure a victory, either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump must earn 270 of those votes. While Clinton has long been considered the favorite to win
Voter turnout is known to change every election, and this election cycle seems to show a trend towards more early voting through early or absentee ballots. As of the weekend, more than 30 million votes had been cast across 38 states. Compared to the same
In an election cycle that has spawned statues of a naked Trump without testicles and a white supremacist takeover of the Pepe the Frog meme, the most enduring artistic depiction of our two major party candidates may have come from the historically tame, generally apolitical
This volatile election cycle has featured numerous clashes, barbs and jabs that have made even the heartiest followers of politics grow a bit weary. But for one topic in particular, the upcoming vote could ring in a new wave of success: marijuana. Voters in Arizona,
On Monday, Oct. 24, the Office of Academic Diversity and Inclusiveness (OADI) hosted Beloit College’s second #GetWoke panel of the semester. The session took place in the Richardson Auditorium at 7 p.m. and tackled the complicated nature of voting, particularly the controversial circumstances accompanying the