David Stewart Comes to Campus for Pre-Law Talk See Page Six OCTOBEROCTOBER 30, 30, 2020 2020 Wabash Preps for Election COURTESY OF NBCNEWS President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden. Voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide this heavily anticipated election that will shape the United States for years to come. COOPER SMITH ’23| ONLINE EDITOR • wrong. Could the polls be that wrong again? of potential fraud. The Associated Press They’re just really looking for practical, The United States is very rapidly approaching The New York Times averages current reports, “President Donald Trump has competent, empathetic people to represent the end of a years-long election cycle. Voters polling data, concluding Biden winning by repeatedly warned of voting fraud without them in Washington and people that will will head to the polls in just four days to cast two percentage points. The paper of record offering any evidence. Because of that, there collaborate across the aisle.” their ballots for candidates running for offices supplements this data with an adjustment, are concerns that he will use delays in vote- Spartz, a state senator born in the ranging from school board seats to President adding the margin of error from 2016 polls. If counting to declare results illegitimate. While former Soviet Ukraine, is campaigning as a of the United States. the polls are as wrong as they were in 2016, results might come in later than usual this staunch conservative pushing back against National averages currently show former according to the Times, then Biden should year, that’s because of a change in how people what she perceives as socialist ideals. On Vice President Joe Biden ahead of the win Florida by less than one percent. We are are voting, not malfeasance or fraud.” her website, she explains her philosophy: Republican incumbent Donald Trump in the certainly in for a tight race to the finish line. As Alexa Corse, a writer for the Wall Street “limited government is always better, and presidential race, but that lead is in the single However, we may not know the election Journal puts it, “There is a good chance that financial and healthcare decisions should be digits. Before next Tuesday – before the results on Tuesday night. With millions more we won’t know the winner on election night.” made by individuals in the free market, not inevitable email chains begin – The Bachelor Americans voting by mail, we may be facing We may be in this for the long haul. bureaucrats and special interests.” looks into one key state in the presidential an election season, not an election day. But the Presidential election is not the only The race has received national attention. race and an important election closer to In some key states, state policies increase close election on Tuesday. Closer to home, The New York Times, The Washington Post, home. the likelihood that we may not know the Indiana’s Fifth District has a close race for and other media outlets have published Florida will play a critical role, as per winner on Tuesday night. The Associated a U.S. House of Representatives seat. The coverage. And some political analysts have usual, in either candidate’s path to victory. Press writes, “In some of the most critical district’s current Representative, Republican chosen to cover the fierce race in less-than- As a reporter for Time magazine writes, “For battleground states, laws prevent the early Susan Brooks, announced her retirement in normal terms. Adam Wren, Contributing Trump, there is essentially no path to the processing of ballots. So on Nov. 3, Election June. Now, Republican Victoria Spartz faces Editor for Politico, tweeted a quote from White House without Florida. Biden doesn’t Day, officials will have to run an in-person Democrat Christina Hale. The district, (which an Indiana Republican operative. “Hale’s necessarily need it, but it could be a mighty election while also working through the includes Fishers, Kokomo, and Carmel) usually campaign is being run with purpose. Spartz’s strong roadblock.” This week, a Quinnipiac unprecedented number of mail-in votes.” leans Republican. But this time, it’s close. campaign is a fart in a skillet.” Even with the University poll found Biden up three These policies, when combined with an Hale, a former state representative, is national coverage, the campaign clearly still percentage points in this crucial state. YouGov increase in mail-in ballots, heighten the focusing on health care, education, and features Midwestern colloquialisms reported Biden up two. The New York Times chance of delayed results. environmental protection. Hale is appealing Regardless of the outcome, the 2020 reports a polling average of Biden up two. It appears that both parties are anticipating to a constituency that previously voted election cycle is sure to have lasting Florida, once again, will be a close race. delays. Both candidates brought up the Republican – but one with a chance to flip. consequences – for the nation, Indiana and As President Trump frequently points out possibility during the presidential debates, Hale said, “People here are just so fatigued of Wabash College. on Twitter, the polls in 2016 were quite with President Trump warning his supporters all the drama and the constant news cycle…. College Democrats, Republicans Weigh In Restoring the Soul of America LIAM BUCKLEY ’22 | COLLEGE historically, it’s incredibly difficult matters. Trump could win next week, of mail-in ballots from being counted. DEMOCRATS PRESIDENT • Democracy, and rare to have three consecutive as he did in 2016, and no one is saying Only 4 days ago, Justice Kavanaugh decency and humanity are on the presidential terms for someone of the he can’t. But Vice-President Biden released a factually and legally dubious ballot on November 3rd. And for those same party. That paired with a high is in an ideal position to become the opinion restricting the counting of of us who still believe in the words degree of foreign interference and the nation’s 46th president. mail-in ballots in Wisconsin. This of President Clinton, that “there is Comey letter were factors in her loss. The aftermath of the election is is all to say that the institutions nothing wrong with America that While pro-Trump foreign interference a different matter. Because of high of democracy have been deeply cannot be cured by what is right with by Russian and Iran is ever-present mail-in-ballot numbers this year, eroded over the last decade, and America,” November 3rd will be the in this race, we have thus far avoided we’re unlikely to know the results of the inevitability of a free, fair, and day we reaffirm the spirit and soul of a late surprise. And as a result of the election on election night. Unlike democratic outcome to this election is our nation. record-shattering early voting totals, his predecessors, Donald Trump does anything but. My prediction of a Biden victory, and are growing immune to one with each not hold a reverence for the peaceful The prospect of a Biden presidency is subsequent majorities for Democrats passing day. transition of power or American norms a challenge in and of itself. Regardless in the House and Senate is one I The condition of the country also and customs. It’s reasonably possible of whether Democrats seek to expand make not in blind optimism, but in a plays in Biden’s favor. President he will take steps to maintain power the number of justices on the Supreme careful and conservative consideration Trump has objectively botched the through a campaign of disinformation Court – a step I hope and expect they of the information we have about nation’s COVID response, leading to a and judicial interference. Three will take – Justice Breyer is likely this race. Chief among those is massive economic recession. American Supreme Court Justices (Roberts, to retire within Biden’s first year in polling. While we look at it with a voters have seen what Donald Trump’s Barrett, and Kavanaugh), including office, leading to another confirmation greater degree of skepticism than leadership looks like, and it’s killing two appointed by President Trump battle. Among other urgent issues are four years ago, it indicates a Biden them – figuratively and literally. The (Barret and Kavanaugh), worked on the need for a stimulus package for the victory overwhelmingly, and gives constant lies, unparalleled corruption the Bush 2000 campaign’s legal team. American people and a federal mask him a greater likelihood of victory and incompetence, meager list of It’s not hard to envision a scenario mandate. Not to mention climate, than Secretary Clinton had in 2016. legislative accomplishments, and where the election comes down to healthcare, and taxes. Clinton’s loss also had several factors resignation of our position as a world Pennsylvania. Trump is leading there The healing of America will be long no longer at play in this election, leader, are ripe in the minds of the after election night, and he seeks and arduous, but electing Joe Biden as the least talked about being that electorate. The President’s record judicial interference to stop millions President is the first step. A Chaotic 2020 Will Decide the Election BRYCE MCCULLOUGH ’23 | COLLEGE especially if pollsters are making the found that Republicans are more likely I believe in Republican leadership REPUBLICANS PRESIDENT • One year ago, same systematic errors they made in than Democrats to vote early in person – in personal responsibility, the the economy was growing twice as fast 2016. If they are wrong again, Donald and in person on election day. These value of free markets to lift the most as it did under President Obama, the Trump will shock the world once more votes will be counted first.