Weekly Politics Update

The Iowa caucus marked the beginning of the voting process in the 2020 Presidential Election and the Democratic primaries. All 12 candidates had poured heaps of time, resources, and money into the all-important state, with some having begun more than a year ago. It was all to come to a smooth end Monday, Feb. 3 ... or so we thought.  Describing what occurred as chaotic would be an understatement. ...

The biggest loser of the Iowa caucus may have been former Vice President Joe Biden. Although he was in a close second place in the lead up to the caucuses, he placed a distant fourth in the overall results with just 15%, far below his poll numbers which indicated that he would capture over 20%. This underperformance of his poll numbers served to demonstrate the lack of voter enthusiasm around his ...

One of the many surprises of the Iowa caucus was the stellar performance by former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who came in first place, although some votes are still being counted and Sanders may eke out a win. Before knowing the full results on the evening of the caucus, Buttigieg held a rally with his supporters and declared victory without any votes announced. Though the move was described a...

Perhaps the biggest winner of the Iowa caucuses was Senator Bernie Sanders, who has emerged victorious in the popular vote and may still win the “state delegate equivalents”, the metric by which the Iowa caucuses are usually measured. This result, quite undoubtedly, has lifted Sanders to frontrunner status: after the caucus results were released, Sanders’ chances of winning the nomination, per ...

President Donald Trump’s third State of the Union address Feb. 4 was a masterpiece of political showmanship, praised by conservatives and derided as a partisan drama by Trump’s opponents. The speech began, as usual, with the President shaking hands with congressmen, senators, the Vice President, and the Speaker of the House. However, when Speaker Nancy Pelosi extended her hand to continue with ...