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United States Elections 2016: The Economic Policies

With the Democratic and Republican parties having over 20 candidates in the primaries between them, the contenders will be bringing a plethora of economic strategies to the table. However, much like the presidential hopefuls th...
by Simon Fraser
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Election 2016: Predictions for the primaries

Political campaigning never seems to end in the United States. A mere four months after the Republican party thrashed the Democrats in the 2014 mid-terms, the first candidate for the Republican nomination announced he was runni...
by Simon Fraser
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Ready for Hilary? Shattering the glass ceiling… Again

Will Hilary Clinton make that final crack? The moment finally arrived – former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton  officially announced her candidacy to run as President of the United States in 2016. After much speculati...
by Mayda Margarita De La Fuente
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Top 10 elections and campaign stories of 2014

1) Rise of the #ElectionDaySelfie One of the not so surprising phenomena that featured around election time in many countries was the taking and uploading of ‘Election Day’ selfies to social media pages. Instagram and Twi...
by Mayda Margarita De La Fuente
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From The ‘Seinfeld Election’ To The Hunger Games Election

This is not, as some media outlets have described, “‘the Seinfeld Election,’ an election about nothing”, yet election news continues to reiterate this conception.
by Mayda Margarita De La Fuente
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International Political Forum

US Mid-Term Elections 2014: A Republican Takeover?

This autumn, millions of Americans will descend upon polling stations to elect their federal representatives in the Houses of Congress. The Senate will see one third of its members vie to keep their seat, facing a challenger wi...
by Simon Fraser
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International Political Forum

Hillary Hysteria

If you have been keeping up with the news, there is hardly a day that goes by, in which former First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not featured. Her recent book publication has everyone from the far ri...
by Mayda Margarita De La Fuente
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International Political Forum

Cantor Canned; Run, Ryan, Run

On June 10th 2014, the Tea Party movement may have either saved or shattered the Republican Party. Republican Congressman and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost to Randolph-Macon College (University) Economics Professor Da...
by J P Carroll
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International Political Forum

Election Fatigue: Why Talk Of 2016 Needs To Stop

There is an air of inevitability surrounding a second bid for the White House from Hillary Clinton. In her Twitter bio, she reels off her accomplishments as “First Lady of Arkansas, First Lady of the United States, US Senator...
by Richard Corlett
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