News
Cornell Republicans, Democrats Co-Host 9/11 Memorial Flag Planting
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Cornell Democrats and Cornell Republicans hosted a joint flag planting memorial to commemorate the 9/11 attacks.
Elections
Elissa Slotkin ’98 Wins Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate Race
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Elissa Slotkin ’98 (D-Mich.) will face a competitive senate election this fall against Trump-endorsed Republican Mike Rogers.
Columns
FOX | The Fox News Freakout Over Dr. Seuss Exposes Political Right’s Emptiness
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Choosing to fight battles that were never even issues to begin with has become a hallmark of the GOP and Fox News. Case in point: “Cancelling” Dr. Seuss. While his works are now rightfully being recognized for their racist undertones and are no longer being emphasized by some school districts, “The Cat in the Hat” can still be found on library bookshelves.
Mitrano
Central N.Y. Dems Criticize DCCC, State Party After Disappointing Election For Down-Ballot Candidates
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Democrats from Upstate New York feel that the state’s Democratic party left them behind.
presidential election
Between Prelims and COVID Tests, Students Weigh Election Stress
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In the race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, Cornell’s left-leaning campus favors the Democratic candidate, and many say they fear a Trump reelection. But as prelims accumulate and fall move-out draws closer, many are also preoccupied.
2020 Election
A Campus Tilted Blue: 98% of Employee, Professor Donations Go to Dems and Left-Leaning PACs
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Democratic candidates, including former Vice President Joe Biden, and left-leaning PACs received $913,064 in donations, while only $12,775 of that went to Republican candidates and conservative political action committees.
democrats
Cornell Dems, Reps Prepare for Socially Distant Election Night
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For both the Cornell Democrats and Cornell Republicans, COVID-19 will change how their election night watch parties will take place.
2020 presidential election
BERNSTEIN | Don’t Just Settle for Joe Biden, Stand for him
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After a brutal primary season, many democrats have feared that a young progressive bloc would refuse to vote for Joe Biden out of a strong rejection of leadership and moderate positions. Since the vice president all but wrapped up the democrat nomination, one plea to progressives seems to be more popular than the rest: Settle. The “Settle for Biden” mantra is going strong; in fact, there’s a grassroots organization of former Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) supporters leading the way in sharing the motto, fit with a 230,000-plus follower Instagram account. The organization wants to convince young progressives who were turned off to the Biden campaign that not voting would lead to four more years of President Trump. This mission is important — Biden may be ahead in the polls, but if they’re as wrong as they were in 2016, this race could be close.
2020 Election
New York Presidential Primary Must Go On, Federal Judge Orders
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A federal judge ordered that New York’s June 23 Presidential Primary must continue. Cornell Progressives called the move “democracy restored.”
Elections
Tompkins County Democratic Committee To Host Virtual Candidate Forum Tuesday
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In the age of social distancing, the Tompkins County Democratic Committee will host its first live streamed candidate forum to help candidates broadcast their messages to voters.