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2016 Election

Opinion

Conservative Corner: The final presidential debate takes a turn for the worst

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CONNOR HOFFMAN Managing Editor A few nights ago saw the final presidential debate, and thank God that this debate was the last one. Like the other two presidential debates, this one focused on the candidates’ controversies rather than the policies they want to implement. One huge lesson we learned last......
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Many students sick from drinking after the second presidential debate

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    JACLYN SPIEZIA Special to the Lampoon               Many millennials are struggling with the idea of whether or not they should vote, and if so, for whom. Although many thought that watching the debates would be a good idea in helping with their decision, they were only able to get......
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Election 2016: Trump blows it bigly, disappears

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D. ZBORNAK Staff Lampoonist Not surprisingly, the first presidential debate of 2016 left most Americans in an uproar about the potential leader of the U.S. The situation became significantly more intense, however, when it was announced that Donald Trump had mysteriously disappeared shortly thereafter, and that debate moderator Lester Holt......
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First debate watch party draws energized crowd

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COLIN PERRY Editor in Chief   The All-In Challenge continued last night, as students, faculty and community members gathered in the Williams Center Multi-Purpose Room to watch the first televised debate between Democratic candidate for president Hillary Clinton and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump. While the free food and refreshments......
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Opinion

Election 2016: Jill Stein is no Bernie Sanders

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JAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Currently averaging a 3.6 percent on the RealClearPolitics aggregate of major national polls, Jill Stein is helping the Green Party reach new heights of popularity and recognition, considering it hasn’t broken .4 percent of the final electoral vote since Ralph Nader ran in 2000. Stein has......
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Conservative Corner: searching for the perfect VP

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CONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor   After the last few primaries, the focus of the election has shifted to the general election. Who the nominees will pick as their running mates has been a hotly contested issue in the media lately. This election will be a very close one, and......
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Trump the tyrant Violence at Trump rallies escalates, Trump condones

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CONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor   The President is supposed to be a person who can unite the nation and not cause division and violence. Donald Trump has made me quite worried lately with the hateful and violent energy at his rallies, and how he has dismissed — or even......
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Deny Trump, whatever it takes Could a contested convention be in the GOP’s future?

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CONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor   It seems lately that the talk about the Republican National Convention has focused on having what’s called a “contested convention” rather than having a convention that, effectively, was a coronation for Donald Trump. A contested convention is what happens when none of the nominees......
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Opinion

Iowa Caucus: Coin flips, voter turnout and a failure of systems

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  Six different Iowa Caucus voting locations utilized an outdated technique to determine which Democratic candidate won each district. The final vote for Democrats was almost a dead tie, with 49.8 percent for former Sen. Hillary Clinton and 49.6 percent for Sen. Bernie Sanders according to https//www.idpcaucuses.com. To make a......
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