Right before the New Year is that moment in time when we start looking back and taking stock of the year that was. As always, articles reflecting on how political issues played out during the year surface around this time, and we like to bring you these stories from different perspectives. And, just to add a little holiday levity to all this serious news, we would also like to share The Best Photos from the 2016 Campaign Trail so you can see a picture of a presidential candidate consoling a man in a moose costume. Happy New Year! 
 
See other news featured by AllSides such as New Gun Laws for 2016, Primary Season Heats Up,Affluenza Teen Captured and the latest AllSides News.
 
Snippets from the Right
"Bruce became Caitlyn. Black Lives Mattered. And the Baby Jesus got banned.
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We saw the Supreme Court decide they knew better than God. We saw school districts giving accommodation to Islam while marginalizing Christianity. We saw public schools become indoctrination centers for the sexual revolution. We saw the Southern States endure a cultural cleansing to appease the race agitators.
 
And through it all, we have remained steadfast in our foxhole on the front lines of this war on traditional American values.
 
So here’s my list of stories that fired up all of you gun-toting, Bible clinging patriots – stories that sent liberals scampering to find their 'safe spaces'…"
 
Snippets from the Left
"Despite dozens of failed attempts by one of the most anti-environmental Congresses in history to roll back conservation laws, the Obama administration and lawmakers were able to secure several victories for America’s public lands in 2015. Below are the top 5 biggest wins for conservation:
 
[1] The creation of six new national monuments
In 2015, President Obama protected more land as national monuments than any year in his presidency -– more than 1 million acres. Using the Antiquities Act, the president this year designated six new national monuments: Basin and Range in Nevada, Berryessa Snow Mountain in California, Waco Mammoth in Texas, Pullman in Chicago, Browns Canyon in Colorado, and Honouliuli in Hawaii…"
 
Snippets from the Center
Politico
"Politico Magazine has published an annual worst political predictions list twice before, but we’ve never had quite the fodder that we did this year. In the 2016 presidential race, one presumed front-runner after another fell to the bottom of the polls; a reality TV star is currently as admired as the pope; and a socialist and a retired neurosurgeon gained massive followings. In Washington, a man who once wanted to give his 'undivided attention' to the Ways and Means Committee is now speaker of the House; and a president about to enter his final year and facing a hostile Congress reached deals on climate change, Iran’s nuclear program and international trade. Of course, we can’t blame political pundits for being wrong in a year so full of surprises; but that won’t stop us from having some fun calling them out. Herewith, the political predictions gone wrong in 2015.."
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