Hillary Rodham Clinton

republican party and 8 in the Democratic party, and all candidates but two dropped out. The last candidates remaining were Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, and the election named after them was called “Crooked vs. Crazy”. This election, to most Americans, did not have the most honorable candidates to vote for, but it was a matter of who was the better candidate. Hilary Rodham Clinton, former First Lady was the Democratic Candidate for the 2016 election, and was believed to be the first woman…

The Equal Rights Amendment "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." In 1923, this statement was admitted to Congress under the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution granting equality between men and women under the law. If the Era was passed, it would have made unconstitutional any laws that grant one sex different rights than the other.…

the president. According to Washington Post, October 13, 1999, the Senate prohibited the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) by a vote of 51-48 which didn’t touch the two-third necessary for ratification. This treaty, suggested by President Bill Clinton, was about to edge the nuclear threat agreed with Russia, China and American supporters in Europe and Asia. The Senate rejected this treaty because they were afraid that other nations might not stand this agreement, and the United States was…

It is proven that from 1977 to now that the representation of women in politics has grown increasingly, but not at a fast-steady rate. The main reason women are underrepresented in electoral offices is because there are not a lot of women candidates on the ballot. Women are discouraged from running for these positions due to reasons such as not being able to win the election or not having a female role model to follow in the footsteps of. For women candidates and voters, there is a strong…

From the moment the nurse in the delivery room states those three words, “It’s a girl,” the limitations that come from being a girl begin. For most people, the simple fact of being a girl throws you into a specific category, which includes the limitations. These limitations decide how women act, who they should be, and what kind of rights they are entitled to. Women in history act out to establish their place, to fulfill a larger purpose, or defeat an oppressive body. If you cut out weeds but do…

Lincoln states that some of Sanders shortcomings stem from not addressing racial issues as much as his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, while maintaining that one of Trump’s major problems is blaming America’s problems on the countries minority demographics. He goes on to state that Sanders lack of racial insight and unwillingness to address racial issues allowed Clinton to run up huge margins of non white voters including African-American voters in the deep south, and also in the north.…

After her time as the first lady, Hillary Clinton secured a seat in the senate, and then served as the secretary of state in the white house under Obama. (4) She was also a lawyer who worked on the Watergate scandal. (5) On the 12th of April 2015, she officially announced her candidacy for president.(1) In her campaign video she said, “Everyday Americans need a champion. I want to be that champion.” (18) Clinton is the top choice for the Democratic Party to keep the white house. She appeals…

surging throughout America? One very important reason includes the general disgust of the hypocrisy, manipulation, and lies that corrupt our political system. Hillary Clinton’s actions reek of these political sins. These characteristics must lead American voters not to vote for Mrs. Hillary Clinton. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came under scrutiny during former president Bill Clinton’s sexual…

Lexie Brauer Core 101: Dr. Wolbrink Assignment no. 1 September 8, 2017 America: Land of the Men and Home of the Oppressed The phrase “nasty woman” turned into a mass captivation during the 2016 presidential election. For a term that is not in the dictionary, it is used among a variety of peoples’ daily vocabulary. Despite the widespread use, there is no one way it can be defined. The connotation has become exceedingly controversial among both republican and democratic parties. While the phrase…

intentions for Hillary Clinton to go on to win the nomination, putting her into a firm lead overall. Where Sanders has gained many votes from the public by coming from outside the party system, this has also cost him at the superdelegate level. Many people that I’ve met during my stay in the United States still complain about the party primary systems not being truly representative of the intentions of the general public, and Sanders said he will try to flip superdelegates away from Clinton…