To kick off this blog, the first article I'm looking at is titled "Hillary Clinton's Got This" by Harry Enten from March 2, 2016. It was first published on FiveThirtyEight, a reputable website that focuses on opinion poll analysis. It looks at the results of Super Tuesday - Hillary winning seven states to Bernie Sanders' four - and Enten argues that the only way Sanders can win the whole thing is through a fundamental shift in the race. This is unlikely to happen, with the election already down to just Clinton and Sanders, unlike the republican race. Enten also looks at the disparity between the number of people of color voting for the two candidates, with Hillary bringing in more votes from African-American and Hispanic voters, whereas Bernie only one in predominantly white states.
The issues that are being addressed here are the results of Super Tuesday and predictions for an overall winner. Hillary is being slated as a clear winner, and with that in mind, it could influence the election in terms of Bernie dropping out, but that has already been shown to be unlikely (he's not going without a fight). I didn't learn much new information, but I was shocked to see Hillary winning by such huge margins with black and Hispanic voters, because knowing Bernie's history, I would have expected some degree of support for him, even if it wasn't overwhelming. I can't use this information directly because it's not about policy, just statistical analysis, but if I were working on Bernie's campaign, I would take this into consideration. While it's possible that people just aren't voting for him for inherent reasons (read: white man) he still needs to look at changing his tactics were minorities are involved.
My second article is from the New York Times, titled "Who Won the Debate? Hillary Clinton is Given the Edge." It was published March 7, 2016 by Alan Rappeport. The article looks at the Sunday night Democratic debate, and Rappeport comes to the conclusion that Hillary won. The debate itself was not campaign altering, but Bernie got a little too heated and stumbled several times whereas Hillary managed to stay on track all night. One thing was agreed, the democrats looked far better than their counterparts, who discussed important national issues like hand size at the last Republican debate. The article ends with quotes from a variety of news publications with varying ideas about the candidates and the debate.
The problem being addressed is the winner of the most recent debate, and the conclusion is that i was Hillary Clinton. She has consistently set the bar high in debates, so I don't know how much it will really be a game changer in the election, I think very little will be at this point on the democrat's side, this question is more appropriate for the republicans. I didn't learn much from the article, I wish it had gone more in-depth about the debate, which I missed most of. It didn't focus much on the reasoning behind Hillary's good performance, other than mentioning minor flaws for Bernie (who, to be fair, I did hear horrible reviews of on Sunday night). I think Mr. Sanders could use this information, because I think he does need to realize at some point that the finger waving and some interruptions is not going to win him any points.
Until next week,
Maddie
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