Indiana Primary 5/03/16

                     At 7:50 PM East coast time, Donald Trump was named the winner in the Indiana primary. He won with 53.2 precent, Cruz came in second with 36.7%, and Kasich in third with 7.6%. The results caused candidate Ted Cruz to drop out of the race leaving Trump as the perspective nominee of the Republican party. The delegate distribution with Cruz out of the race gave Trump 51 with 6 other delegates not awarded to anybody yet.
         In the Democratic primary race Sanders came out the victor. Although he won by a slim margin he still won the majority with 52.5%. That left Clinton with a second place loss and 47.5 percentile in the vote count. Sanders won a big 43 delegates, and Clinton won 37 delegates. Even with this win though, Clinton has almost clinched the Democratic nomination and needs only a couple hundred delegates to clinch the nomination to move to the general election.
           This relates to my AP Government class because it will decide the future of our nation. Like most presidents, as we have learned in class, they make big footprints in the bureaucracy in the United States, and also in the history of the world. The next President has a lot of problems to face and it will be interesting to see which candidate America decides best to handle the job.

Super Tuesday 4/26/16

SUPER TUESDAY 4/26/16

                   As the polls closed last Tuesday it was apparent on who won. Trump pulled away with all five states winning the majority of delegates and causing Cruz to no longer be able to reach the magic republican number of 1,237. With only five hundred and seventy one delegates left trump only needs about 250 delegates to clinch the republican ticket to go to the general election to face to democratic nominee. Trump currently has 996 delegates, Cruz has 565 delegates, and Kasich has 153 delegates.

                  Clinton also clinched a big win claiming four out of the five states and also basically clinched the democratic nomination to the general election. Sanders only won one state, which was Rhode Island, and will not be enough to gain any substantial foothold in the race against Clinton. Clinton has also hinted and basically said that Sanders should go ahead and leave the race, but Sanders is still holding out for some luck in the next super Tuesday election process. Clinton currently has 2,165 delegates, and Sanders has 1,357 delegates.

                 The reason this relates to my AP Government class is because this year is obviously an election year. We have also followed the race closely and watched every move the candidates have made to gain the support they have and the movement they caused. This election year is a great year to take classes like AP Gov because it causes extra controversy and excitement for our political system. It also shows interest in politics from kids and then with this election year, and with the death of justice Scalia, it has been an amazing class to learn and to have real life events to help demonstrate how our political system works.

                

Super Tuesday 4/19

With Trump and Clinton taking a huge lead Tuesday is New York, it sets Sanders and cruz behind. New york is a winner take all state as well.
    That leaves other candidates with a large gap to fill over Clinton and Trump. Trump has 845 delegates while Clinton has 1428 delegates. Both are in the lead to head to the general election.
     Other candidates following the coattails of Trump and Clinton are Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz, and John kasick. But as of right now it looks like Trump and Clinton are going to the parties candidates to go to the general election.
       The reason this relates to AP government is because we constantly. With a lame duck president and lame duck supreme Court. Everything we learn if to help prepare us for to stay not only informed but active in politics.

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Wisconsin Super Tuesday

Wisconsin Super Tuesday Primary

             On Tuesday, April 5th Wisconsin held its primary to see who would win the 48 Republican delegates, and the 86 democratic delegates. At the end of the night both polls were surprising to me, but to someone who knows a little more then I its probably wasn't as surprising. Both races were somewhat close to one another on who would win the state.

             In the Republican primary the person to walk away with the win was Senator Ted Cruz with 48% of the votes, and 42 delegates. Coming in second was Donald Trump with 35%, and only gaining 6 delegates. Which isn't a set back for Trump as many people believe he will definitely be the next presidential candidate for the republican general election. Coming in third place was the only other john Kasich with 14% gaining no delegates. 

            In the democratic Primary Sanders gained the majority of the votes in Wisconsin pulling a really important win out from under Hillary Clinton. Sanders won with 56.6% gaining majority of 48 delegates. Clinton came almost exactly 13 points behind Sanders and won 38 delegates. This was an important win for the Sanders campaign and keeps him going on to the next couple of states. Lets see who wins the democratic side, because to many others contrary belief he has still stayed in the race thus far with Clinton. Maybe he could go to the presidential general race and square up, one-on-one, with the republican candidate.

Presidential Race As of March 31st

                     Many things have happened since that last blog I added. People have dropped out and new alliances have been formed. One of which being Chris Christie the Governor of New Jersey. He announced his support for Trump earlier in the race not long after he had dropped out.
                     Other candidates from the Republican Presidential race have also dropped out. Both Ben Carson and Marco Rubio left the face. Rubio left after losing his state of Florida to Donald Trump. Ben Carson dropped out because of his lack of support. But it didn't take long for Carson to give support to the Trump campaign as well. A for Marco Rubio and other establishment Republicans, they have refused to completely give their support to the candidate in the lead, whom as of right now is Donald Trump.
                     The candidates remaining for the Republican side are Donald Trump with 736 delegates has the most and is the lead for the republican primary. That lead almost doubles the person who comes in second place as of right now. The second person in the standings is Ted Cruz who is also not a favorite in the republican establishment with 463 delegates. The third person who is way behind the other two candidates is John Kasich who was 143 delegates. also Kasich has less candidates then Rubio when he dropped out.
                     Both of the remaining candidates on the democratic side are still running. Even though Clinton had a substantial lead on Sanders, he still has a chance if he were to sweep multiple states coming up. But in my prediction the next candidates to advance to the general election are going to be Clinton, and Trump as they are sweeping the nation by storm.

Super Tuesday

                 Super Tuesday took place on the Tuesday, March 1st. The results show over all that Both Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton were the winners of this Super Tuesday. These results show a massive over all favor to these candidates. Many of these states have over forty delegates which pushes both candidates closer to obtaining the nomination for their party.

                 Donald Trump pulled away with a win with Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Vermont, Tennessee, and Virginia. That puts his number of delegates to 319 just for this Super Tuesday and doesn't count the other five states that have already had their polling. As far as other candidates, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio were the only other ones to win any states during this election. Ted Cruz won Alaska, Oklahoma, and and Texas which is a huge win for the Cruz campaign winning 155 delegates alone from there and an overall 266 delegates from the race. Rubio only won one state which was Minnesota leaving him with a less but still big win of 110 delegates.

                 Clinton pulled away with more states and more delegates than Sanders did. Clinton captured Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and left the elections with 1,052 delegates from this race alone. Sanders captured four states tough which gave him a good hold winning Colorado, Minnesota, Vermont, Oklahoma and gave him 427 delegates. Sanders needs to pick up his campaign because once Clinton get 1,237 she secures a spot in the actual race for the presidency. 

                 This relates to AP Gov and Politics because we are constantly learning how elections work. We also look at the polls avidly because obviously every state is important and so is every presidential election. Every day history is being made with today's society and now we access it instantly due to technology and the media.