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Feb 25 2016
News
US Presidential Elections 2016: The Revolt of the Masses
The presidential elections of 2016 have several unique characteristics that defy common wisdom about political practices in 21st century America.
Clearly the established political machinery – party elites and their corporate backers -have (in part) lost control of the nomination process and confront ‘unwanted’ candidates who are campaigning with programs and pronouncements that polarize
Global Research
Aug 08 2020
Analysis
Why The 2020 Presidential Election Is Not 2016
Democrats are haunted by the ghosts of 2016.
Hillary Clinton led in many polls over Donald Trump throughout that election cycle, and while the national polls were pretty dead-on when it came to the popular vote, some key battleground state polls got it wrong.
So who can blame Democrats when they don't believe surveys showing Biden with a significant lead nationally and in key
NPR (Online News)
Aug 24 2023
Fact Check
The first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election
Republican presidential candidates delivered a smattering of false and misleading claims at the first debate of the 2024 election – though none of the eight candidates on stage in Milwaukee delivered anything close to the bombardment of false statements that typically characterized the debate performances of former President Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner who skipped the Wednesday
CNN Fact Check
Sep 15 2023
News
Wisconsin GOP Attempts to Oust Top Election Official Ahead of 2024 Presidential Vote
In Wisconsin, the Republican-controlled state Senate voted Thursday to oust Meagan Wolfe, the state’s top election official. Wisconsin’s Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul immediately filed a lawsuit seeking to block her ouster. The elections administrator position is a non-partisan office, but after Donald Trump narrowly lost in Wisconsin to Joe Biden in 2020, Republicans and far-right
Democracy Now!
Aug 21 2023
News
Calls for smooth transition as Arevalo wins Guatemala presidential election
Regional and international leaders have hailed the victory of left-wing anti-corruption candidate Bernardo Arevalo in Guatemala’s presidential run-off, while urging a smooth transfer of power. Arevalo, a 64-year-old former diplomat and son of Guatemala’s first democratically elected president, won 58 percent of the vote during Sunday’s polls, trouncing former First Lady Sandra Torres at 37
Al Jazeera
Aug 20 2023
News
Progressive Bernardo Arévalo Wins Big in Guatemala Presidential Election
GUATEMALA CITY — Outsider Bernardo Arévalo appeared to be the “virtual winner” of Sunday's election to be Guatemala’s next president after voters angry at widespread corruption and leaders’ failure to tackle it made a decisive choice for change. A potential victory by the progressive candidate is almost certainly distressing politicians who have been enjoying impunity for corruption, along
Time Magazine
Aug 20 2023
News
Anti-corruption candidate Bernardo Arévalo wins Guatemala's presidential election
With more than 95% of the ballots counted, anti-corruption candidate Bernardo Arévalo, from the progressive Movimiento Semilla party, appeared to have won Guatemala’s presidential election on Sunday, beating former first lady Sandra Torres by 59.1% to 36.1% votes cast, according to official data from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). It is a stunning turnaround for the former diplomat who
CNN (Online News)
Aug 15 2023
News
Trump indictment in Georgia puts election challenges and presidential tweets on trial
Georgia’s sprawling criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump takes direct aim at his tweets and phone calls in his bid to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state. Mr. Trump lost Georgia by 11,779 votes, and he believes election irregularities were responsible for President Biden’s victory in the state. Mr. Trump made that case to Georgia officials and on social
Washington Times
Aug 14 2023
News
Trump also accused of trying to rig the 2020 presidential election in Georgia
A grand jury in Atlanta, Georgia (United States) has Former President Donald Trump and 18 others have been indicted for attempting to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. The charges have been filed following an investigation by the Fulton County District Attorney, Fani Willis, for the “continuous” attempts by the former president and several of his partners to change the results of
California 18
Nov 30 2016
News
Everything mattered: lessons from 2016's bizarre presidential election
It’s been almost three weeks now. The news cycle has moved on. But I, for one, have not fully processed the news that Donald J. Trump is going to be president.
Those words still sound like nonsense to me. I can’t shake the sense of surreality. And I know I’m not alone.
Vox