A professor who claims to be one of the few to have foreseen President Donald Trump would win the 2016 presidential election visited UF.
Gail Johnson walked into First Magnitude Brewing Company with her arms raised to silence the crowd of about 60 supporters who were still watching voter results pour in.
An online panel of Alachua County and Gainesville politicians and political experts predicted City Commissioners Charles Goston and Harvey Budd will be re-elected in Tuesday’s municipal election.
Gigi Simmons didn’t just want to be a single mother without an education. She wasn’t going to be a statistic.
Charles Goston doesn’t care if you remember his name in ten years — so long as the effect he had in Gainesville is everlasting.
Tyra Edwards earned her nickname “Ty Loudd” for being a prominent voice of District 1. Now she wants to take that voice to the City Commission.
Commissioner at large and Mayor Pro Tempore Harvey Budd is running for re-election because he feels incomplete.
Politics wasn’t on Gail Johnson’s radar until the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
A UF Student Government party will have to win more than 50 percent of the student vote to avoid a second election next week.
When former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine asked a room of about 20 UF students whether they watched Gov. Rick Scott’s final State of the State address earlier that morning, not a single person raised their hand.
On the one year anniversary of the 2016 presidential election, Marcela Mulholland wanted people to connect.
Voting for City Commission is today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The races on the ballot are commissioners for District 2, District 3 and At-Large Seat 2.
Gainesville City Commission candidates were all in agreement Wednesday night: The commission must involve younger community members, primarily UF students, in local elections.
The crowd grew quickly outside Gainesville’s City Hall on Thursday evening. Just days removed from the presidential election, hundreds of anti-Donald Trump supporters listened on as students, faculty members and community leaders painted an apocalyptic portrait of the billionaire’s impending presidency.
America’s Founding Fathers have proven to be among the most influential people to have ever walked Earth. Several of the ideas and philosophical concepts that helped build this country more than 200 years ago remain applicable today. However, as visionary as they might have been, not all parts of their original design stand the test of time. Like the Founding Fathers, the Electoral College needs to become a part of America’s history, not its reality.
Slating for seats in Student Government ended at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Participation was high this semester: 617 students slated for Swamp Party, while 175 slated for the most recent incarnation of its opposition, Access Party. All in all, it was a civil affair — enthusiasm for the political process met the machinery of SG bureaucracy, signing up students to run for seats and affect the future of this university.
So, uh, the Access Party.
Young people will largely avoid voting in next week’s midterm elections, and this should come as no surprise to anyone who follows elections closely. While young people did turn out in relatively large numbers in 2008 and 2012, the youth vote largely goes silent during midterm elections.
JACKSONVILLE — Florida’s leading candidates for governor clashed fiercely during their final debate on Tuesday night, sniping at each other over everything, from the economy and the minimum wage to the death penalty.
After a record low turnout Sunday for students interested in running for a UF Student Senate seat, Monday drew enough applicants to fill the Fall 2014 Student Government elections ballot.
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