#2020 Archives - My TJ Now

Let’s talk Electoral College

Mary Hicks

In 2016, Donald Trump was elected president, despite Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote by about 2.9 million more votes. For many, this defeat was confusing and frustrating as…

2020 Presidential Election: what you need to know about voting

Mary Hicks

Each day, we inch closer and closer to casting our ballots and exercising our right to vote, an essential human right for which countless warriors have fought and lost their…

A new moment in time

La J’ai Reed

“You’re a winner for a lifetime, if you seize that one moment in time. Make it shine.” Those words were sung by Whitney Houston as an ode to the 1988…

What the SC primary could mean

Victoria Howard

Joe Biden achieved an overwhelming victory on Saturday here in South Carolina, with 48 percent of the vote in his favor. The runner up, Bernie Sanders, received only 19 percent…

More Political Talk

Matt Thrift

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has seen a continued rise in the polls, with a new poll from the New York Times/Siena College showing him receiving 25 percent in a poll…

2020 trend predictor

Victoria Howard

In: Voting — No more sitting on the sidelines! If you’re eligible to vote for the first year, make sure that you are registered, do your research and sign up…

New year, new me

Victoria Howard

Every year we tell ourselves that we are going to make drastic changes in our lifestyles, in our actions, even in our mindset. We use resolutions to establish things we…

It’s time to start paying attention

Victoria Howard

Since the start of the 2020 election cycle, 26 Democrats have announced their presidential campaigns. There are currently 19 still running and only 12 that reached the polling and funding…

Excited students, faculty, community members and press filled the Amphitheater on Friday evening as they awaited presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders to take the stage. Sanders and staff came to Winthrop…

2020 Presidential race rundown…so far

Matt Thrift

The 2020 Presidential race has been dominating political conversations as of late, and the field of Democratic hopefuls has begun to resemble the field of Republican hopefuls from 2016, if…