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Impossible Trinity
The most important election in St. Louis was decided in nail-biting fashion on March 5th, when twelve-year incumbent Lewis Reed retained his position as President of the Board of Aldermen (BOA) by winning the Democratic primary. Reed won the primary with only 35 percent of the vote; his two opponents, Missouri State Senator Jamilah Nasheed…
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Going Towards And Away From Democracy
On March 24, Thailand will hold its first elections since a 2014 coup made General Prayut Chan-ocha the Prime Minister. Currently, Thailand is ruled by a military junta. This isn’t the first instance of junta rule in Thailand. Since it became a constitutional monarchy in 1932, Thailand has experienced twelve coups, more than any other…
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The Plan To Elect The President By Majority
The United States Constitution is outdated, rigid, and quirky. It is the oldest living Constitution, is notoriously difficult to amend, and it established arcane institutions like the Electoral College, which is so convoluted that no other country decided to emulate it. The Constitution is also unique in that it cedes a substantial amount of legislative…
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Electability Is Voters’ Priority Issue In 2020
The 2020 Democratic primary field is crowded. There’s a black, female frontrunner, a gay mayor, a black senator, progressive white women, a Hispanic housing secretary, an Asian American businessman, and white men who range from centrist dad to socialist grandpa. With 11 announced candidates and 12 still deciding, voters have their work cut out for…
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The Evolution Of A Campus Conservative Revisited
I arrived at Wash U in 2015 a doe-eyed Republican, having spent my first eighteen years in perennially red South Dakota. I grew up among climate change deniers, gay marriage opposers, and gun enthusiasts. I was practically weaned on Fox News. Though I managed to emerge from this environment with some socially liberal views (primarily…
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Getting Women In The Right House
A record 125 women were elected to serve in the 116th U.S. Congress during the 2018 midterm elections, 40 of whom are new members. However, despite the fact that women make up 50 percent of the U.S. population, 125 seats is still only 22 percent of Congress. These proportions aren’t unique to the federal level…
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Tropical Trump: The Rise Of Jair Bolsonaro
Before October 8, most people outside of Brazil had never heard of Jair Bolsonaro. An undistinguished seven-term congressman before this election cycle began, Bolsonaro was most famous among Brazilians for his history of misogynistic and anti-black comments, around which he built his brand as a politically incorrect outsider fighting for Conservative values in Congress. However,…
