Early in-person and mail-in ballot turnout saw a major increase this year for the Massachusetts State Primary. However, polling locations in the Boston University area saw low in-person voter turnout on primary day.
The New Hampshire primary election drew candidates to the Granite State, canvassers to the streets and voters to the polls to divy the 22 delegates available. In the Republican primary, Donald Trump was victorious over competitor Nikki Haley, winning 12 and 9 delegates respectively.
Due to conflict between the New Hampshire constitution and the Democratic National Convention, President Joe Biden did not appear on the New Hampshire Primary Ballot, but a successful write-in campaign resulted in the incumbent receiving 63.9% of the vote to Dean Phillips 19.3% and third-place finisher Marianne Williamson’s 4%.
Content warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault.
Cloudy days! Today on East to West, we cover sexual harassment accusations against a CFA professor, discuss the current standings...
One week after Election Day and a few days after the announcement that President-elect Joe Biden won the 2020 election, BU students, faculty and staff gathered virtually to reflect on the election Tuesday night.
President Donald Trump falsely declared victory early Wednesday morning, attempting to discredit mail-in ballots as the electoral map remains too close to call.
No matter who the president-elect is, he will have followed a precedent. I hope and expect 2020 will follow the precedent set in 1932, not 1948, by sending a Democrat to the White House following an economic disaster that began under a Republican president.
We are the protectors of democracy, and in turn, the founding document of our democracy works to protect us. In this way, journalism and democracy are intertwined, so it would only be responsible for journalists to participate fully in it.
Ranked-choice voting matters because people deserve to see their legislators represent the issues they care about. Our current electoral system makes it extremely difficult to achieve these changes.
Polling booths are not a place for manipulative partisan games. They must be a safe and open environment for citizens to exercise their constitutional rights. We cannot be deceived into thinking they should be used as anything other than that.
