As the North Carolina State Board of Elections prepared to investigate allegedly illicit donations to members of the North Carolina General Assembly and Governor Pat McCrory, McCrory replaced all five members of the board. However, some officials on the state board do not believe the replacement was part of an attempt to suppress the investigation. [...]
It’s been almost two weeks since Sarah Palin stood in front of a crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference and made headlines for insulting Karl Rove, who then made more headlines when he fired right back. It’s been almost two weeks since GOProud, the Republican LGBTQ group, was denied invitations to the biggest conservative [...]
By 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, the crowd to see Saturday Night Live’s Jay Pharoah completely filled McKinnon Hall at Elon University, forcing many students to stand. Born in Virginia, Pharoah now lives in New York City where he is on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” “The man of a thousand voices” came out with high energy, dancing and [...]
Four years ago, it was the stimulus package and the health care bill. Now, it’s immigration reform. Recent proposals from the Senate and the president may make immigration reform the first big legislative push of Barack Obama’s next four years. A bipartisan committee of eight senators put out a framework for an immigration reform bill [...]
As Republicans continue to survey the smoldering remains of the 2012 presidential election, they can point to a number of different reasons as to why they lost. But even in the wake of their failure to claim the White House, the Republican Party refuses to acknowledge reality . The truth of the matter is the [...]
Florida was considered an imperative state to win, but it wasn’t until four full days afte buy cialis r the election that the state finally announced its results. President Barack Obama carried 50 percent of the popular vote, while Republican candidate Mitt Romney took 49.1 percent. Obama’s margin of victory over Romney in the electoral [...]
The election is over, and you are probably feeling one of a few ways. You’re either happy President Barack Obama won, sad that Republican candidate Mitt Romney lost, completely apathetic or just glad you can watch television without being bombarded with political ads. But no matter what your opinion of the election is, Obama was [...]
In an election the media is calling as divisive as politics has ever been, President Barrack Obama secured victory for re-election after his majority in the state of Ohio put him over the top. The deadlocked race could have went either way this election season, with many polls, including Rasmussen, the Pew Research Center and [...]
One day after the presidential election, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd offered a psychoanalysis of the nation’s leaders, relating the political arena to a theatrical display of family drama. Dowd, Elon University’s Baird Pulitzer Prize lecturer, turned attention away from the most recent political contest and instead emphasized how father-son relationships influence the behaviors [...]
The economy was the deciding factor in the presidential election for many Alamance County voters. But despite their support for Republican candidate Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama has been re-elected. He lost North Carolina, but did not lose the election. Most voters willing to share their opinions said jobs and the economy were vote-deciding issues [...]
Before the polls officially closed, more than 90,000 registered voters finished casting their ballots in 37 different precincts, or voting zones, in Alamance County. Among those registered in Alamance County are Elon University students — including individuals originally from all over the United States who are voting in the battleground state of North Carolina in [...]