by Phillip Stucky Over half of the anti-President-elect Donald Trump protesters arrested in Portland, Ore., didn’t vote last Tuesday, according to a Monday report by Charlotte NBC affiliate WCNC. Seventy of the 112 protesters that were arrested over the course of the weekend didn’t show up to the polls as of press time, but investigators…
by Publius In the wake of Donald Trump’s surprise victory over Hillary Clinton in the electoral college, thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest. One of their loudest rallying cries is that Secretary Clinton was the most popular candidate. Clinton won nearly a million more votes than President-elect Trump. This is only partially…
by Russ Read Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is currently President-elect Donald Trump’s favorite option for secretary of state, reported the Associated Press Monday. A senior Trump official, speaking to the AP on the condition of anonymity, said the former mayor has little competition and the job is his if he wants it….
by Josh Guckert As the final votes are being counted for the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton could end up with a healthy victory in the popular vote. As of this writing, Clinton has earned 61,845,761 votes (47.8%) to Donald Trump‘s 60,882,946 (47.0%). It is already the largest discrepancy in American history between the popular vote and…
by Josh Guckert Following the election of Donald Trump, many are scrambling to decipher what tipped the scale in the Republican nominee’s favor. One issue which can be easily picked is his support of a border wall and staunch stance against immigration. However, exit polls reveal that this is not the case. As shown by the…
Trying To Make Sense Of This Election Requires Listening by Avens O’Brien On Tuesday, 59 million people voted for Donald Trump and made him our President-elect. Did they do it because they’re racist? They hate women? Immigrants? Free trade? Taxes? The Hollywood elite? The establishment? Maybe. Maybe to all of that, or some of it….
by Brian Nichols If you have graced social media at all today, I’m sure you have been enlightened by your liberal, progressive friends as to how terrible those who voted for Donald Trump are and that Trump is an absolute monster ready to destroy minority rights. Here are some highlights I encountered: “If you voted…
by Brian Nichols Well, well, well… Donald Trump is going to be the next President of the United States. No, this isn’t some Twilight Zone or the latest edition of Back to the Future. This is real life. I, like other politicos, am at a loss for words. Trump has defied the odds, overcome scandal…
by Rachel Stoltzfoos Republican nominee Donald Trump was booed as he got out of his car to vote in the presidential election in New York Tuesday. A large crowd had gathered around polling station 59, just steps away from Trump Tower, where the business mogul was expected to vote. As he and Melania got out of the…
by Josh Guckert The highly-respected polling site FiveThirtyEight now projects Gary Johnson to earn exactly 5.0% of the popular vote on Tuesday. The highest projected share which Johnson has reached this cycle is 9.2% on July 17 and then 9.0% on September 11. In spite of historical trends which indicate that third-party candidates effectively disappear…