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POLITICS

Partisan Gerrymandering: Where Should the Supreme Court Draw the Line?

On October 3, 2017, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Gill v. Whitford, a case that could reshape how we elect congresspeople. The case challenges […]

Wisconsin's assembly map is both less competitive and more biased towards Republicans than California's map
Wisconsin is defending its map before the Supreme Court in Gill v. Whitford, a case that could ban partisan gerrymandering. Infographic created by Tuvya Bergson-Michelson ‘19 using Piktochart. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Wisconsin Elections Commission, and the Office of the Cali- fornia Secretary of State. All statistics calculated using share of two-party vote, except for districts where third-party challengers topped 10% of the vote. For Wisconsin, vote totals refer to the 2012 general election; All California totals refer to the 2012 primary election to control for California’s party-blind “Top-Two” primary system. Due to the absence of a Democratic presidential primary that year, Democratic vote totals presented are much lower than typical California elections.
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Trump Considers Pakistan’s Involvement in the Afghan War

  • Post Author By Nick Harris
  • Post Date October 17, 2017

On August 24, 2017, President Donald Trump issued a statement on the United States’ foreign policy regarding Afghanistan and the Middle East. During his address […]

President Donald Trump's statements at Fort Myers were highly choreographed and presidential, suggesting deliberation and planning.
POLITICS

Turkey’s Erdoğan, Increasingly Authoritarian

On April 7th, 2017 Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (pronounced “Erdowan”) was given broad constitutionally assured powers in a tight 51-49 vote on a contentious […]

The votes for Turkey’s referendum were clearly split along urban/rural lines. According to the Turkish Government’s Turkish Statistical Institute, the provinces of Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir, which all had majority “No” votes, made up about 45% of Turkey’s GDP 2014. photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons