by Dobromir Kehayov | Nov 2, 2018 | Georgia State University
The 2016 US presidential election was the most bizarre election in the history of the country by far. How could a man like Donald Trump be elected president of the United States? Many people scratched their heads at the idea he won based on how Trump acted leading up...
by Taylor Robinson | Nov 1, 2018 | Georgia State University
Sixty-five years after the beginning of the Korean War, leaders of South Korea and North Korea began meeting with the intention of declaring peace and mending their damaged relationship. In addition to reconciliation, both president Moon Jae In of South Korea and...
by Zach Hopkins | Oct 28, 2018 | Georgia State University
The classic refrain we hear with regard to our democratic process is “one person, one vote,” so when that principle is violated, we should be concerned. But is such a phenomenon so prevalent as to rise to the level of disrupting the electoral process? During the 2016...
by Alexander Lloyd | Oct 25, 2018 | Georgia State University
Despite the absurdity of the 2016 election, the success of Donald J. Trump was not a random fluke but rather the result of a series of events starting with the Compromise of 1877. As described in How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, the norms of...
by Kara Nelson | Oct 23, 2018 | Georgia State University
During the last turbulent presidential election cycle, a clear division grew between those who regard Donald Trump as a solution to the ineffectiveness of the government and those who regard him as a dangerous populist figure that threatens American democracy. This...
