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    Jimmy Carter Confirms He Elected Bernie Sanders Over Hilary Clinton Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter revealed Monday night that he voted for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary. On Monday, The 39th US President Carter and Sanders 39th US President were engaged in a discussion over politics and human rights at the Carter Center on Human Rights in downtown Atlanta. Sanders delivered a keynote speech in which he considered a building bottom-up

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    double the support of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in presidential voting during the Democratic caucus on Sunday, March 6. Sanders will receive 59 of the county's delegates to the state convention to 29 for Clinton, according to partial results from the Maine Democratic Party. Delegates to the state convention will select 25 or Maine's 30 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The other five are pre-selected “superdelegates.” The results from the party did not

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    her career on private wealth. Despite the great amount of networking that her chosen career path required, Martin was very involved in the school community. She spent a lot of time working on projects for the Black Business Student Forum and the National Association of Women MBAs. Daren Onyealisi was originally from Nigeria and had been living in the United States for more than 10 years. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in government. Following his undergraduate degree,

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    in Albany, where she became involved in many issues including domestic violence, women’s rights, and other civil and criminal law suits. Furthermore, she developed a relationship with Hillary Clinton while working for a program of the Democratic National Convention, the Women's Leadership Forum. She went on to support and work on Clinton’s Senate campaign in 2000 and actually donated over $12,000.Eventually, she ran for New York’s 20th congressional district in the House of Representatives against

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                The United States Constitution b.             Government Action or policy c.             Parties d.             Both b and c e.              All of the above   3.  Which state would be considered a small state in 1787 at the Philadelphia convention?           a.            Virginia           b.            New Jersey           c.            New Mexico           d.            California           e.            All of these! Answer: B 4.  True or False: In the 2016 general election, the two strongest

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    within their own defense. The beginning of Women’s suffrage The 1848 Seneca Falls Woman’s Right Convention was the start of women’s rights movement in the U.S. The Convention included supporters in hopes to help the movements create a success. In the article called Women’s Right Movement, it states, “One hundred participants of the Convention signed this pledge. Two weeks later a Woman 's Rights Convention was held in

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    Raising Minimum Wage

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    During the 2008 Global Recession, the employment rate for young adults and low skilled workers disproportionately, and once the recession had eased the employment gap based on education worsened significantly. In 2016 Presidential election raising the minimum wage became a key policy issue for the Democratic Party to help give those workers who were hit the hardest during the recession a much needed income boost. During the 2016 Democratic National Convention the Democrats agreed to add a $15 minimum

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    The Keynote Address at 2004 Democratic National Convention is a popular speech by Barack Obama that demonstrates the power of rhetoric. It was given by Obama, senator of state of Illinois, at the Democratic National Convention on the night of Tuesday, July 27, 2004 AD. The purpose of his address was to call the American voters to elect their (Democratic) presidential nominee John Kerry. He delivered the speech in front of the democratic delegates from all 50 states of U.S.A. It was also streamed

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    When comparing the communist nation of China with the democratic nation of Australia many differences are apparent. The application of the legislative (law making and modifying function), executive (administrative function) and judiciary (law enforcing and dispute resolving function) is vastly different between the two nations as can see when we compare and contrast the underlying principles of each system of government. Firstly, both nations claim to uphold the concept of the rule of law, although

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    that there are freedoms and equal opportunities for all the citizens in the district. My promise When you elect me as the district 23 state senator you will be enabling us as a district to make an important progress because I will ensure that the national government hears your voice. By doing so you are guaranteed that you will also remain in the loop. Alignment of ideas My ideas as candidate align with the Democrats in that they both are promising to address freedom as well as equal opportunities

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