Boston University students and faculty are split over impacts the University community may face if an executive order to dismantle the United States Department of Education is passed.
By Anna Albrecht, Arts & Community Editor
• November 5, 2024
Somewhere along the way, fiery dinner table debates became fires in ballot drop boxes. Lines of eager voters stretching around corners became the buzz of busy phone lines. The visuals of voting have changed in recent elections.
At polling stations across Boston, residents are voicing deep frustrations over political polarization as they cast ballots in the 2024 Presidential Election.
Dear Abby: Election Day is coming up, and I’m kind of annoyed at my boyfriend. He’s voting against my political party. I told him that this makes me upset given some of the opposing candidate’s policies, but he won’t listen. I know I should probably agree to disagree, but that doesn’t sit right with me. Do you think we’ll ever be able to get past this?
Bostonians are focusing on local issues and assessing local politicians’ impact on national campaigns as Election Day approaches and voters cast their ballots.
Boston University students are encouraging eligible voters to exercise their right to vote in light of a movement to not vote to pressure the Biden-Harris administration into action in regards to the Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East.
President Joe Biden won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, despite not officially having his name on the ballot, requiring voters to write-in the president’s name in a landslide Democratic primary.
In a surprisingly close New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday, Donald Trump defeated Nikki Haley to take one step closer to the Republican nomination for president, while Haley remained determined to stay in the race ahead of more primary elections in the coming weeks.
By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief
• November 1, 2023
Nikki Halley recent popularity in the polls is a good sign that Republicans are tired of Trump and DeSantis' antics and may be ready for a candidate capable of compromise.
