Here are the ten(ish) links I learned from this week:
- Presidential Election Update
- Clinton takes Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Connecticut
- Bernie wins Rhode Island
- Trump takes Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware
- Cruz announces Fiorina as his vice-presidential pick
- Ted Cruz just threw a Hail Mary named ‘Carly Fiorina’ (The Washington Post)
- Can Carly Fiorina Save Ted Cruz’s Candidacy? (FiveThirtyEight)
- A Cruz-Kasich alliance?
- Cruz and Kasich devise strategy to keep Trump from clinching three primary states (The Washington Post)
- Why Cruz-Kasich Deal Has the Potential to Stop Trump (The New York Times)
- 9 questions about interest rates you were too embarrassed to ask (Vox)
- North Carolina Restroom Law Becomes a Central Election Issue (The New York Times)
- The North Carolina case that could decide the future of the voting rights in the US, explained (Vox)
- Why the 2016 veepstakes could be the most chaotic in decades (The Washington Post)
- Bernie Sanders says Democrats should get rid of closed primaries. Is he right? (Vox)
- Why did Ted Cruz send his dad to Puerto Rico? Marco Rubio’s delegates. (The Washington Post)
- The single most important fact about American Politics (Vox)
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“The single most important fact about American Politics” is an article about politics today. The main point today is that political participation today is more polarized and partisan. The points on how the parties are apart (especially how the Democratic party used to have more conservatives) shows polarization and how issues are driving political participation. The division is greater among those who participate (the issues brought up in the primaries are a great example of this – the talk of both Trump and Sanders). It is possible that the nominated candidates of both parties will come more to the center (as has happened in the past).
Ted Cruz just threw a Hail Mary named “carly Fiorina”
Balancing the ticket is a strategic method that most presidential candidates use to win elections. Yet it’s also a sign of desperation. As Ted Cruz sees his chances of becoming president diminish, he gives it all he has on his way out. Using Carly Fiorina gives Ted a lot of advantages. First, it provides a way for his name and his campaign to get free advertising, as the media is speaking of the unlikely couple. Secondly, with the California primary coming up, Fiorina, a past senator of california, gives him a chance of winning. Lasty, the fact that she is a female politician is a big advantages. Many media sources say that Hillary is winning simply for being a female politician, which is seen as a sign of bravery in such a male dominated environment. Having a women so close to the presidency might encourage women votes to vote for Ted. In general, as the article states, it’s a hail mary throw for Ted. Like Calry stated in a past interview, she says that Ted will do anything or say anything to win the election.