Now official debates are over, and the fact checking begins
FACT OR FICTION: Obama and Romney face off. Photo credit: The Billings Gazette. POST DEBATE polls are showing President Obama as the winner of the foreign policy TV debate, the third and final of...
View ArticleHistory tells us nature can decide balance of power in US elections
IMAGE: The Ulsterman Report HISTORY tells us that natural disasters can affect the outcomes of elections, but the response of elected officials plays as important role as the disaster itself. A US...
View ArticleAmerican voters have clear presidential policy options
IMAGE: www.socialistrevolution.org KAT DUGGAN looks at the domestic policies of presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. Gay rights an issue where Romney and Obama disagree, and agree...
View ArticleDigital age catches out presidential campaign porkies
IMAGE: Mashable.com IN THE digital age no election campaign words go undocumented, even those thought to be private. The slightest change of campaign message is noticed then commentary spreads like a...
View ArticleFingers pointed at a few fibs as bad as it gets for Ryan and Biden
IMAGE: watching-tv.ew.com ACCUSATIONS of “fibbing” have barely raised the profiles of the US vice-presidential candidates. Joe Biden and Paul Ryan have avoided mistakes, says Katherine Smits, the head...
View ArticleNative American month not enough to affect presidential campaign
NATIVE AMERCANS: Not targeted for votes in this Presidential campaignIMAGE: nativevote.org NOVEMBER is Native American month in the USA. But, there is little evidence that either Presidential candidate...
View ArticleSTORIFY: US sports community doesn’t hold back on election views
AMERICAN sports people have had a busy time online discussing how the US presidential election affects them. “Thanks @BarackObama for letting me run the court with you. It was lot of fun & the...
View ArticleElections ‘roller coaster ride’ for Kiwis in the United States
US DIVIDE: Kiwi students say the gap has widened between the US parties and public since the elections THE US elections have created a divide among American citizens, fuelling what is described as a...
View ArticleRomney plans a return to the limelight
FORMER United States presidential candidate Mitt Romney will hold his first post-election interview on Fox News Sunday this week, host Chris Wallace has announced. This follows last week’s...
View ArticleTeacher lights up California kids’ lives the Kiwi way
ENGAGING STAFF: Ed (right) and his Deputy Principal Jake Munoz chill out with Dyer-Kelly’s preschool class. WHEN Principal Ed Manson arrives at his small primary school in downtown Sacramento,...
View ArticleChild poverty record not one to be proud of
NEW ZEALAND is underachieving in the fight against child poverty according to the Child Poverty Action Group. A UNICEF report released yesterday showed New Zealand had decreased its child poverty...
View ArticleRed Peak, ISIL, TPP top topics for Prime Minister
Prime Minister John Key, who heads off to the United Nations General Assembly next week THE PRIME MINISTER is leaving the door open for the Red Peak flag design. He told journalists at his weekly press...
View ArticleGrassroots presidential campaign propels CIA man to prominence
PHOTO: Facebook Grassroots campaigning is taking a presidential candidate from obscurity to the verge of winning an entire state, and potentially even the presidency. When Evan McMullin announced his...
View ArticleGrassroots campaign, religion important in Utah
Traditionally Republican Utah has become one of the states to watch in tomorrow’s US election, with an independent candidate pushing Donald Trump close in the beehive state. An effective grassroots...
View ArticlePresident Trump reality dawns on US and world
Donald Trump the next president of the United States of America 7.55pm – Pennsylvania is being declared for Donald Trump and with it the presidential election. He has also picked up Alaska. Outlets...
View ArticleArizona comes to Wellington for big vote
Bars around the capital are gearing up for a big afternoon as the US election results start pouring in. One Wellington bar named after the US state of Arizona is throwing a special party this afternoon...
View ArticleBlind leading the blind to the White House
Murdock the blind polydactyl cat rescued by the Wellington SPCA. Choosing a winner can be a matter of scientific analysis, in-depth research or putting ones trust in the animal kingdom. Animals have...
View ArticleTensions run high at Democrats Abroad party
Tensions are running high at the Democratic’s Abroad US election party in Wellington tonight. The crowd at JJ Murphy’s in Cuba Mall is not impressed with the traction being gained by Donald Trump as...
View ArticleTrump rains on election party
An expat American in Hamilton is calling on God’s help in the wake of the US election result. Democrat supporter Seth Lester formerly from Oklahoma, and hosted friends and family for an election...
View ArticleTrump’s policies tipped to push up inflation
Kiwis are speculating about the impact the Donald trump presidency will have on New Zealand. Senior Lecturer of Politics at Victoria University, Jon Johansson, says many of Trump’s foreign policies...
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