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Week in Review: Debates and Gender in the Election

Maria Lombardi ’15 In the past week, not only did we witness the third and final presidential debate, but New York Times blogger Nate Silver discussed this year’s historically high gender gap, and an editorial published by the New York Times investigated the possible implications of electing Mitt Romney and what this for women abroad […]

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Week in Review: The Politicizing of Benghazi

Mollie Greenwood ’13 This Tuesday’s Presidential debate proved to be a major turning point for both the Obama and Romney campaigns.  In the wake of the first debate, President Obama’s polling numbers had dropped nationwide, most importantly in swing states, whereas Romney’s campaign appeared to reenergize as Romney put a spirit behind his first debate.  The […]

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A Student’s Guide to Keeping up on the 2012 Presidential Election

Many of you who read Ike’s Anvil regularly stay up-to-date on the minute details of everyday campaign activities: he tweeted this, she said that, they had this for dinner– and here’s how it all impacts the overall election. However, most people don’t follow politics like a political scientist should. We have lives for Pete’s sake. […]

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