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What the 2025 Elections Mean for Students
Insights from Professor Jennifer Victor Shed Light on the Shifting Landscape of Democracy at Mason By: Saahiti Kiran Chamala, Mason Votes Managing Editor On Tuesday, […]
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Schar School Students Reacts to Virginia Elections
Democracy Lab’s Election Night Watch Party By: Rithvik Hari, Mason Votes Contributor As polls closed on Tuesday, November 4th, the Schar School of Policy and […]
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2025 Election Day Activities @ Merten Hall
On-Campus Voters Make Their Voices Heard in Off-Year Election Photos/Video by: Joylin Ting, Mason Votes Contributor The Mason community turned out to Merten Hall […]
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How Did Mason Vote in 2025?
510 In-Person Votes Cast on Election Day and 26.25% Overall Voter Turnout Reported at Fairfax’s University Precinct Student Media conducted exit polling outside Merten Hall […]
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Student Organizations Pack Merten Hall on Election Day 2025
Partisan and Nonpartisan Groups Provided Treats for On-Campus Voters at Merten Hall By: Rithvik Hari, Mason Votes Contributor Partisan and nonpartisan student organizations lined the […]
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Student Reactions to the Obama rally at Mason
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEkXERxOYDY[/youtube] Mason Votes caught up with a few students to hear their reactions and thoughts on the morning’s rally. On Friday, October 5, President Barack Obama visited George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Speaking to a crowd of 1935, Consisting of Mason students, faculty and other supporters from the area, President Obama laid out his...
President Obama Talks Jobs and the Economy at Mason
[youtube]http://youtu.be/qMo_ae1JnRI[/youtube] Photo By: Stephen Kline/Broadside President Barack Obama held a campaign Rally on Friday, October 5, at George Mason University. The event took place on Mason’s Fairfax campus at the Center for the Arts. The President spoke to a crowd of 1,935 students, faculty, staff, and other supporters from the Northern Virginia area. Before the...
Unemployment Rate Falls to 7.8%
October 5, 2012 marked the first Friday of the month meaning the release of another jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. The report showed the economy added 114,000 jobs in the month of September and the unemployment rate falling to 7.8%. Mitt Romney and his campaign have been critical of the unemployment rate...
Jill Stein: Green Party
Jill is a Green Party Presidential Candidate, a “mother, physician, longtime teacher of internal medicine, and pioneering environmental-health advocate,” as stated in her biography on her campaign website. She co-authored, In Harm’s Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development as well as Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging. These are two widely-praised reports...
A Conversation About National Debt
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk about our country’s national debt with Dr. Don Boudreaux, an economics professor here at George Mason University. He is a former chairman of the economics department and was also the president of the Foundation for Economic Freedom. Dr. Boudreaux is considered an expert in his...
President Obama Addresses the UN
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ijBilki-I[/youtube] On Tuesday, September 25, 2012, President Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly for the last time before the election in November. He used this time as an opportunity to criticize the anti-Islamic video that had created violent anti-American protests throughout the Middle East, but declared that no words are an excuse for murder,...
Third Party Candidate to Speak at NOVA
Photo from: socialequality.com On Thursday, September 27, Socialist Equality Presidential candidate Jerry White will be stopping by the NOVA Annandale campus to discuss the socialist perspective on the political and economic environment in America, and outline the socialist platform. White believes that a job, housing, healthcare, and an education are social rights, and the only...
President Obama Campaigns in Woodbridge
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey3nT8wxYGA&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Cover photo by Dakota Cunningham President Obama made a campaign stop in Woodbridge, Virginia this afternoon where he pitched his vision for the country over the next four years. He spoke to a crowd of 12,000 people (according to Lt. Dave Cooper, Fire Marshal for Prince William County) at G. Richard Pfitzner stadium home...
Kappa Alpha Psi to Host Voter’s Forum
Are you interested in an educational program that provides you with information about voter registration and the upcoming election? If so make sure you go to this upcoming event. Event: Kritical Konversations: The Voter’s Forum Sponsored by: Kappa Alpha Psi Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Student Government, and the LEAD Office When: Monday, September...