In a shock poll out today by Quinnipiac, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders leads former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Iowa.
Sanders leads Clinton by one point- 41% to 40%.
It is the first time that Sanders has been ahead of Clinton in a major polling survey in the Hawkeye state.
“Sen. Bernie Sanders has become the Eugene McCarthy of 2016,” Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll said in a press release today. “He is the candidate of the Democratic left, against his own party’s bosses and their prized presidential candidate, Secretary Hillary Clinton.
9-10-2015 Quinnipiac Poll:
Sanders- 41%
Clinton- 40%
Biden- 12%
O’Malley- 3%
Webb- 1%
Chafee- 0%
The new Iowa survey was conducted between August 27 and September 8 and sampled 832 likely Democratic caucusgoers.
From the press release:
“There is a wide gender gap among Democrats today as Sanders leads Clinton 49 – 28 percent among men, with 16 percent for Biden, while Clinton leads Sanders 49 – 35 percent among women, with 9 percent for Biden.”
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Flint’s Mayor Is Mad As Hell Because Her City Is Dying
WASHINGTON — Flint Mayor Karen Weaver on Wednesday called Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s response to the crisis over lead-contaminated water in her city — including asking the Legislature for $28.5 million in immediate funding — “good first steps,” but not nearly enough to address the situation. Speaking at the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington,… Read More
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Pope Francis Announces Visit to Mexico in Early February
Pope Francis has announced that he will make his first official visit to Mexico as the Pontiff in February of 2016.
Vatican officials have confirmed that the pope will arrive in Mexico for his eight-day trip on February 12th. Pope Francis had hoped to be able to visit Mexico earlier this year prior to visiting the United States, but was unable to due to scheduling conflicts.
While in Mexico, the pope is expected to address issues such as poverty, organized crime, violence, and discrimination against migrants trying to find a better a better life.
Official details of the papal visit have not yet been released.
Archbishop Norberto Carrera of the Archdiocese of Mexico City; however, has confirmed that the pope will be meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto and will visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
It has also been rumored that the Pope is considering visiting sites along the Mexican border with the US to see where some migrants cross illegally into the United States.
Mexican political leaders have been enthusiastic about Pope Francis’ visit since church officials first announced the trip earlier last month. Many politicians have invited the Pope to visit specific states, and address the National Congress.
Church officials have said it is unlikely that the pope will address the Congress, and have denounced the enthusiasm and the “decadence of the political class” who only wish to capitalize on Pope Francis’ popularity among the more than 80% of Mexican citizens who are Roman Catholic.
In addition to his visit to Mexico, Pope Francis has also expressed his desire to visit Argentina, Uruguay and Chile during 2016. The last papal visit to Mexico was taken by Pope Benedict XVI in March 2012.
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Don’t Look Down At Your Non-College Educated High School Friend Who Talks Politics On FB. You Don’t Matter More Than Them
You’re the political junkie.
You’re getting educated in a big fancy college.
You idolize Trevor Noah.
You rub elbows with future lawyers, lobbyists and politicians.
You study the issues and think that you know more about politics than the average person- especially those that aren’t in school.
After all, you are spending a lot of time and money to expand your mind and find the “truth” behind what’s happening.
At least that is what you think.
So when you get on Facebook to express some of the recycled political ideas that you just learned, you see your high school friend from way back post, ‘Make America Great Again’.
It’s a trigger and you can’t help yourself.
An argument ensues between the two of you.
In your mind, you are going to school this guy.
He isn’t in college after all.
He doesn’t always use the right terms or have perfectly constructed arguments.
You should be able to wipe the floor with him and move on.
But the conversation doesn’t go the way you thought.
It becomes an actual debate.
This debate takes your blood from slightly warm to completely boiling.
How dare He?
You’re the second year political science major that sits down and dutifully learns at the foot of politically connected professors.
But your high school buddy on the other hand who got that landscaping job he was always talking about instead of spending thousands of dollars in housing, student loans and ‘sustainability’ fees doesn’t know anything about politics.
And as a result, you don’t really believe that his voice matters.
He shouldn’t be talking about politics because he doesn’t know what he’s talking about you surmise.
As a college student I’ve heard the claim.
We like to take the stance that these people back home who opted to stay away from tuition costs and auxiliary fees are significantly less informed than us on pretty much everything because we are en route to a college degree.
This is nowhere near the case.
In the era of alternative facts and fake news, the concept of being politically informed is one that we have to throw around very loosely.
You need to take a real look at yourself and make the assessment of what do you actually know about politics.
This assessment doesn’t come from knowing random facts.
It’s more of an overall assessment of your political footprint.
Where do you get your facts?
How did you get there?
How broad is your view?
How reliable is your source?
Media bias exists, it’s a thing that changes our perception of the world around us and can skew political opinions for the worse.
The nature of media bias is everywhere.
it still to this day saturates programs like the Late Show or Trevor Noah’s Daily Show.
Sources like these end up being some people’s only source of understanding politics and because of that they fail to get an unbiased opinion about the political world.
The reality isn’t better for 24 hour news channels either; stations like Fox News and MSNBC also provide underlying bias that people are exposed to as well.
The practice of media bias is so bad that people are arguing over which source (out of these specific two in fact) is the most bias.
To be the ‘politically informed citizen’ that us college students boast about being you need to take the time to look at all sources available.
Rather than this, we have an established culture that encourages us to look solely at the media that is favorable to us as individuals.
In addition to this, college students in general are considered unreliable voters, a fact that furthers the case against us being more politically informed or involved.
In the end, you should not look down at your high school buddy who wants to talk politics.
He may not always be right or say the right things.
Maybe he is more likely to buy into fake news, maybe not.
But he is still an American and he is entitled to as much of a voice as you are.
And who knows, maybe your political opinion is just as one sided, underdeveloped and wrong as his is.
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