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FILE - In this March 10, 2011, file photo, Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, listens to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, during their meeting in Moscow, Russia. Putin won’t congratulate President-elect Joe Biden until legal challenges to the U.S. election are resolved and the result is official, the Kremlin announced Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Opinion: Voter fraud did not decide this election

Kevin Luhrs, Opinions Editor November 9, 2020

It only takes a visit to social media to see supporters of the president writing that it’s irresponsible to report that the election is over. Many are saying there were irregularities and that the election...

States in Play: November

States in Play: November

Kevin Luhrs, Volunteer Opinions Editor November 2, 2020

It’s Nov. 2, 2020 and the election is tomorrow. It’s been a long and arduous election season, in which many Americans have been glued to their television screens. Tomorrow night, several hundred million...

States in Play: October

States in Play: October

Kevin Luhrs, Opinions Editor October 14, 2020

It is October 14, 2020 and there’s 20 days until Election Day. Several things have changed since Sept. 21—we’ve had a chaotic first debate, the president was diagnosed with coronavirus, and there...

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

New poll by UNF’s polling laboratory has Biden leading in Florida

Kevin Luhrs, Opinions Editor October 6, 2020

In a poll of 3,142 registered likely voters released on the eve of the vice presidential debate, UNF’s Public Opinion Research Laboratory (PORL) has former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. ahead of...

President Trump and the First Lady test positive for COVID-19

Kevin Luhrs, Opinions Editor October 2, 2020

The country has been shaken by the news that the president and the first lady have tested positive for COVID-19. White House staffers are in a state of shock, scrambling as they look to contain the virus...

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 1993, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes the court oath from Chief Justice William Rehnquist, right, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Ginsburg's husband Martin holds the Bible and President Bill Clinton watches at left. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

Analysis: The new Supreme Court vacancy could spell a political ‘nightmare’ for both parties

Kevin Luhrs, Opinions Editor September 25, 2020

In May 2016, President Obama had nominated the Chief Judge of the D.C. Court of Appeals, Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court after the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. It was an election...

Review of "The Social Dilemma"

Review of “The Social Dilemma”

Kevin Luhrs, Reporter September 23, 2020

In a saturated market of documentaries on social media, Netflix’s latest docudrama is a refreshing addition to the medium.  "The Social Dilemma" details how social media has become a marketplace...

Opinions

Opinion: States in Play

Kevin Luhrs, Opinions Editor September 21, 2020

It is Sept. 21, 2020 and the Election Day is 43 days away. Here, we give a broad overview of how the election is going and try to predict the outcomes of several crucial states in two sections. In...

State of the Race: Florida

State of the Race: Florida

Kevin Luhrs, Reporter September 9, 2020

A new Quinnipiac University poll conducted between Aug. 28 and Sept. 1 shows former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. with a three point lead over President Donald Trump in Florida. This poll had a sample...

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How do Biden and Trump match up after the party conventions?

Kevin Luhrs, Reporter September 1, 2020

The Republican National Convention is in the rear view, and while we still don’t have the entire picture of the effects of both conventions, polls taken before and after both conventions may give us...

Opinions

OPINION: A direct path to reelection? Not so fast!

Kevin Luhrs, Volunteer August 31, 2020

***If you would like to submit an opinion of your own, please contact editor@unfspinnaker.com*** If you haven’t read the previous article about Donald Trump’s long path to re-election, you can read...

State of the race: What polling averages look like

State of the race: What polling averages look like

Kevin Luhrs, Reporter August 21, 2020

The path to victory for Donald Trump’s reelection looks dire, according to the RCP polling averages. Biden is at 319 electoral votes and Trump is at 164 votes after a final count. For reference,...

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Election analysis for tonight’s primaries

Kevin Luhrs March 10, 2020

The polls are open in Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, Democrats Abroad, North Dakota, and Washington. This race is looking bleak for Bernie Sanders after a rough Super Tuesday in which he found himself behind...

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