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It wasn’t until about 9 p.m. that reality began to sink in. It was a reality almost nobody saw coming: Trump was going to become the next president. Read more >>
As the news set in that Donald Trump would win the presidential election, Muslim students said they feared the president-elect’s rhetoric will make living in the United States treacherous for people of their faith. Read more >>
First-generation, first-time voters discuss Clinton's and Trump's comments on immigrants. Read more >>
Students share their experiences working for this year's presidential campaigns. Read more >>
Students voting for Trump said they feel they will be criticized by their peers, especially on a campus with liberal leanings. Read more >>
Although this is the first U.S. presidential election Esteban Espino is old enough to vote in, the Communication junior said it’s “meaningless” to fill out a ballot at this point. Read more >>
About 700 international students at Northwestern don't get to vote in this election. That doesn't mean they don't have anything to say on the American presidential race. Read more >>
Some Northwestern students are not abandoning their support of Bernie Sanders even though he did not win the Democratic nomination. Read more >>
According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll, this year’s election features the two most unpopular candidates to run for president in the last 30 years. Due to this unfavorability, some students have turned to third-party candidates. Read more >>
As it became clear that the election would be closer than initially expected, some residents of Evanston — a predominantly Democratic city — began to worry. Read more >>
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Illinois Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) were both re-elected by large margins Tuesday night. Read more >>
Illinois passed a constitutional amendment that will block legislators from using transportation revenue funds from being reallocated to anything outside their outlined purpose. Read more >>
U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) has won the Illinois Senate race, defeating Republican incumbent Mark Kirk, the Associated Press reported. Read more >>
Illinois reached an all-time high for registered voters in the state, approaching 8 million people signed up to cast a ballot. Read more >>
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) questioned Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s family military history during a debate with a remark on her heritage. Read more >>
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton weighed in on the race for the Illinois Senate seat Tuesday, criticizing Sen. Mark Kirk’s (R-Ill.) remarks on Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s (D-Ill.) heritage in an op-ed published on NBC News’ website. Read more >>
Republican congressional candidate Joan McCarthy Lasonde called for U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) to resign at a press conference outside Schakowsky’s Evanston office. Read more >>
We cannot normalize Trump. We cannot subject him to conventional political analysis because that would diminish how fear-mongering and unqualified he actually is. Read more >>
Trump and his supporters say that to focus on his words is a “distraction” from real issues. But sexism and sexual assault are among the largest issues facing our country today. Read more >>
It is unsurprising that this election features historic support for third-party candidates such as Gary Johnson and Jill Stein, particularly from millennial voters. Unfortunately, the third-party candidates this year appear to be even more unpalatable than Trump and Clinton. Read more >>
In case you have not been paying close attention to the presidential election, it’s been a total you-know-what show, already featuring racist, sexist, homophobic, jingoistic and even totalitarian themes. Read more >>
I am a firm believer that while our youth and naivete remain, we should vote with our hearts — for the candidates we truly believe can and will make our country a better place — and not with our heads — for those we think can win. Read more >>