2016 Election
Super Tuesday Solidifies Clinton, Trump Leads, Harvard Affiliates Say
Several Harvard professors said they believe the Democratic and Republican nominees are likely finalized following Super Tuesday: former Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton and businessman Donald J. Trump.
Super Tuesday
Signs direct voters to the polls located inside Quincy House. Massachusetts and 12 other states held their presidential primary elections on Tuesday.
Super Tuesday Reactions
Attendees of the IOP Super Tuesday Watch Party watch as projections are announced for the 2016 presidential primary elections.
IOP Super Tuesday Watch Party
Attendees of the IOP Super Tuesday Watch Party watch as projections are announced, with one student notably sporting a Clinton campaign t-shirt and another a shirt displaying a shirtless Former Governor Martin O’Malley, who suspended his campaign for the democratic nomination last month.
Ahead of Super Tuesday, Student Groups Campaign in Mass.
Harvard political student groups are refocusing their energies on Massachusetts ahead of next week’s Super Tuesday, when 12 states will hold primaries and caucuses in the presidential election.
Harvard Republicans ‘Mourning’ Bush As Trump Surges
Harvard Republicans report “mourning” Jeb Bush’s candidacy as businessman Donald J. Trump continues to dominate the Republican field after successive wins.
E.J. Dionne on The State of the Republican Party
“I think the Republicans could use a lot more of what Sarah Palin called, “'The Hopey Changey stuff.’”
Founders of Ben and Jerry’s Rally for Sanders in Cambridge
The founders of the New England ice cream company rallied undergraduates in advance of next week's primary election in Massachusetts.
Student Groups Hone Focus As Primaries Progress
Harvard student groups are continuing to focus their efforts in Massachusetts for their respective candidates prior to Saturday’s caucuses in Nevada and upcoming primary elections in South Carolina.
Former Times Editor Weighs in on 2016 Elections Coverage
Jill E. Abramson ’76, the former executive editor of The New York Times and lecturer in the English department, lamented the lack of in-depth investigative reporting this election cycle.
CNN Washington Bureau Chief Discusses Election Coverage
Sam Feist, CNN’s Washington bureau chief and senior vice president, defended the state of mainstream media and its coverage of the current presidential election at the Harvard Kennedy School on Tuesday.
Gov. Course Puts Presidential Politics Under the Microscope
Data and science are king—or president, rather—in Carlos E. Díaz Rosillo’s class on American presidential elections, Government 1359: “The Road to the White House.”
Students and Faculty Gather at IOP to Watch N.H. Primary
Both elections were called at 8 o’clock, as soon as all of the polls had officially closed. The only tension that remained at the IOP was who would come in second and third place in the Republican race and the final margins of victory in both the Democratic and Republican races.
Faculty Overwhelmingly Donate to Clinton
Ninety-one percent of contributions to current presidential candidates made by Harvard faculty, instructors, and researchers in 2015 went to former Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton.
