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Election Commentary from Students of CU Denver's Elections 2016 Political Science Class
The Daily Show and the Filter Bubble
Last week, Trevor Noah interviewed the conservative commentator Tomi Lahren on The Daily Show. Although I recommend watching the nearly half-hour unedited version, the one that aired is still remarkable to watch. Lahren, a firebrand conservative who has a show on TheBlaze network, remarked as she started the interview that she had entered “the lion’s den.” […]
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Decisions Decisions.
Well as it looks like Donald Trump’s presidency is getting closer and closer, and so that means a new cabinet needs to be form. Donald has to choose from a long list of professional, hardworking, and intelligent politicians. Which has been a little awkward due to the 2016 campaign where harsh words were said by […]
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False Narratives: There wasn’t an Awakening of the White Middle Class.
The accepted narrative that I continue to see becoming propagated during the post-election cycle is this phenomenon that Donald Trump succeeded by awakening a movement of white, rural, “less-educated voters.” This narrative is completely false. The notion that white voters – across all backgrounds and classifications – rallied behind this ideology in mass, is false. […]
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Presidential Tweets
Donald Trump will be the most interesting President will ever have, and I not talking about his ideas and bills that he will soon be forcing to pass, but I am talking about his constant tweet on Twitter. Where Donald Trump tweets his honest opinions of situations that might relate to him, or his vice president, […]
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Identity Politics are Civil Rights
The 2016 electoral cycle is coming to an end as the new year approaches; Donald J. Trump is our president-elect and while the focus of the Republican party has been centered upon securing the president-elect’s cabinet and administration, the Democratic party is going through an ideological shift that will reshape the party for the foreseeable future. This […]
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The Insurgency and the Establishment: Steve Bannon, Reince Priebus, and the Battle for the Soul of the White House.
December 2, 2016
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Even though the long and bitter election campaign is over, the country remains more divided than ever before. Polling shows that ideological and political partisanship is high. This stark division is also reflected within the Republican Party. In many ways, Trump’s victory was a refutation of the power of the well-oiled (and well-funded) Republican political […]
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The Wall Won’t Solve it All
November 22, 2016
by snarkystark
It’s been the forefront of President-Elect Trump’s plan since day 1; building an impenetrable wall between the U.S – Mexico border. Its purpose? To bring illegal immigration to its knees and solve one of the U.S’ major crises. Supporters of the wall were quick to chant “Build a wall!” at Trump rallies all through the […]
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So How Did We Get Here?
Here it is everybody! The final gleaming results of the Presidential Election of 2016. And at the moment many citizens of the United States are pretty furious about the outcome of this election and they are asking each other, “How exactly did we get here?” Nevertheless, the citizens of the US can scream and shout all […]
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Straight White Males
November 19, 2016
by Coynepurse
Straight White men are one of the most hated demographics in the world. He is constantly the butt of jokes, constantly belittled and emasculated and heavily scrutinized for any choice he makes or belief he holds that doesn’t first acknowledge some abstract relation to his privilege. He is the last person that it is totally […]
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So You Wanna Vote Third-Party?
November 8, 2016
by eajones2016
As this crazy election has continued to scare me away from both traditional parties I have personally felt myself wanting more and more to vote for a third-party candidate. Unfortunately, Bernie Sanders isn’t on the ballot and Jill Stein hasn’t gained much traction. This has left Gary Johnson as the only (kind of) […]
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ORLANDO, FL – MARCH 5: Supporters cheer as republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the CFE Federal Credit Union Arena in Orlando, FL on Saturday March 05, 2016. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Democrat’s New York Delegation from 2008: New America?
DENVER, CO – FEBRUARY 1: Peter Wright holds an American flag above hundreds of people who were forced to organize in a parking lot during the caucus at East High school in Denver, Colorado on March 1, 2016. 18 precincts were represented at East High School and thousands of people turned out for the caucus. Organizers had anticipated about 20% of people from their precincts would turn out and many more actually came. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
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CU Denver on Election 2016 
December 9, 2016
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