Skip to Main Content
The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University

The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

People voting at Precinct 1 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Voters and political committees are divided on the impact of people voting for third-party candidates in the presidential election. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Voters divided on impact of third-party choices in 2024 Presidential Election

Liam Dunne November 5, 2024
As voters cast their ballots on Tuesday, opinions varied widely on the impact of voting for third-party candidates.
BridgeBU members watch the 2024 presidential debate on Tuesday. People gathered in college classrooms, restaurants and bars to watch the debate. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Viewers tune into presidential debate at watch parties across Boston

Lauren Albano September 13, 2024
Bars, restaurants and college classrooms filled up across Boston to put on watch parties during the presidential debate on Tuesday night.
Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: Subverting the will of the people, one brokered convention at a time

Gabriella Aponte March 4, 2020
Clearly, the Democratic Party has strayed from the values and principles that made it what it once was.
BERMAN: Let’s address the elephant in the room (possibly sitting next to Vladimir Putin)

BERMAN: Let’s address the elephant in the room (possibly sitting next to Vladimir Putin)

Max Berman April 6, 2017

Did Russia affect our election? Did the Trump campaign or Donald Trump himself collude with Russia? Did that golden shower thing really happen? The answers are, in order: it’s complicated, it’s complicated...

STROINSKI: One Democrat’s dilemma

STROINSKI: One Democrat’s dilemma

Anna Stroinski March 2, 2017

I am a registered and ideological Democrat, and this has been the case for as long as I can remember. In 2008, I went inside the automated voting booth for the first time with my mom. She’d just secured...

Keith Ellison speaks at the Strengthening America’s Security panel in July 2010. The Congressman speaks to a group of Emerson College students on Thursday night about the nation’s new president. PHOTO COURTESY CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND

Congressman Ellison speaks at Emerson, campaigns for DNC chair position

Sabrina Schnur January 27, 2017

Approximately 60 people gathered in The Bill Bordy Theater at Emerson College Thursday morning for a talk with Keith Ellison, the first Muslim to be elected to U.S. Congress. Alexandria Ellison,...

OLIVIER: Russia's hacking sets a dangerous precedent

OLIVIER: Russia’s hacking sets a dangerous precedent

Kaitlyn Olivier November 15, 2016

This year’s presidential election brought half the nation to tears as Donald Trump was named the 45th president of the United States. A massive wave of fear and contempt swept across America when it...

Beginning at the Boston Common bandstand, the crowd walked through the Common to the steps of the Massachusetts State House. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

People of Boston march for Bernie Sanders

Carolyn Hoffman January 25, 2016

[mediagrid cat="26666"] Individuals gathered in Boston Common Saturday afternoon to march in support of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, despite the bitter cold and approaching snowstorm. Signs reading...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
Democratic National Committee