American Election Blog

Atlantic SentinelOctober 19, 2020October 19, 2020

Donald Trump is losing and losing it.
Most Europeans prefer his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, but Trump has a few fans in Central Europe.
In addition to the presidency, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested on November 3. Read more “American Election Blog”

Biden Wins Primaries in Arizona, Florida, Illinois

Atlantic SentinelMarch 17, 2020July 31, 2020

Former vice president Joe Biden won the Democratic presidential primaries in Arizona, Florida and Illinois on Tuesday.
His opponent, Bernie Sanders, is falling behind in delegates.
The three states allocated 441 of the 3,979 delegates to the nominating convention in July. Read more “Biden Wins Primaries in Arizona, Florida, Illinois”

Atlantic SentinelMarch 10, 2020August 29, 2020

Former vice president Joe Biden won four of the six states that held Democratic presidential primaries on Tuesday.
He is neck and neck with his rival, Bernie Sanders, in North Dakota and Washington state.
365 out of 3,979 delegates were at stake. Read more “Biden Wins Primaries in Idaho, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi”

Atlantic SentinelMarch 3, 2020August 8, 2020

Former vice president Joe Biden won ten of the fourteen states that held Democratic presidential primaries on “Super Tuesday”, including Elizabeth Warren’s home state Massachusetts and delegate-rich Virginia and Texas.
His socialist rival, Bernie Sanders, won in California, Colorado, Utah and Vermont.
Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign after failing to win any contest except the caucuses on American Samoa.
1,344 pledged delegates were at stake, a third of the total (3,979) and two-thirds of the delegates needed to win the nomination on the first ballot (1,991). Read more “Biden Sweeps Super Tuesday States, Bloomberg Quits”

Atlantic SentinelFebruary 29, 2020October 2, 2020

Former vice president Joe Biden has won the Democratic primary in South Carolina on the back of overwhelming support from African Americans.
Vermont senator Bernie Sanders placed a distant second.
Billionaire Tom Steyer ended his presidential campaign after failing to qualify for delegates. Read more “Biden Wins South Carolina Primary, Steyer Drops Out”

Atlantic SentinelFebruary 22, 2020August 8, 2020

Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has won the Democratic caucuses in Nevada, the most diverse state yet to vote in the presidential nominating contest.
Former vice president Joe Biden placed second.
Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren did not qualify for delegates. Read more “Sanders Wins Nevada Caucuses, Biden Places Second”

Atlantic SentinelFebruary 11, 2020October 2, 2020

Bernie Sanders has won the Democratic primary in New Hampshire, the second state to vote in the presidential nominating contest.
The socialist from neighboring Vermont won 26 percent support.
Center-left candidates Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor, and Amy Klobuchar, a senator from Minnesota, won 24 and 20 percent, respectively.
Former vice president Joe Biden and Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren did not meet the 15 percent threshold to quality for delegates. Read more “Sanders Wins in New Hampshire, Biden Places Fifth”

Atlantic SentinelFebruary 3, 2020August 8, 2020

Democratic presidential hopefuls Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders tied in the Iowa caucuses on Monday.
Sanders won the popular vote but split the delegates with the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
Elizabeth Warren placed third, followed by former vice president Joe Biden. Read more “Buttigieg, Sanders Share First Place in Iowa”

Atlantic SentinelJanuary 11, 2020August 29, 2020

Protests have erupted in Iran after the government admitted responsibility for shooting down an Ukrainian passenger jet on the same night as it fired missiles into Iraq to avenge the death of its top military commander, Qasem Soleimani.
Soleimani, who led Iran’s expeditionary Quds Force, was killed in an American drone strike on President Donald Trump’s order.
No Americans or Iraqis were killed in the reprisals. All 176 passengers and crew aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, including 82 Iranians, were killed when the plane crashed outside Tehran on Wednesday morning. Read more “Top Iranian General Soleimani Killed in American Drone Strike”

Atlantic SentinelJanuary 7, 2020July 31, 2020

Spanish Socialist Party leader Pedro Sánchez gives a speech in parliament in Madrid, March 2, 2016 (PSOE)

Socialist Party leader Pedro Sánchez has won a second term as prime minister of Spain.
He fell short of a absolute majority in Congress on Sunday but needed only more votes in favor than against a the second ballot on Tuesday.
Left-wing separatists from the Basque Country and Catalonia abstained, allowing Sánchez to scrape by with a majority of two — the smallest ever for a Spanish prime minister.
Sánchez’ will be the first coalition government since the Civil War and the most left-wing government since the fall of the Republic. Read more “Sánchez Wins Second Term as Prime Minister of Spain”