Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump- Strong In Super Tuesday Polls

Jasmin Palmer
AP Government and Politics
Current Events- Unit Three
Date: 2/28/16

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Look Strong in Super Tuesday Polls

Summary:

In this article, it explains how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are leading the Super Tuesday polls. As of February 26th, Super Tuesday states have looked good for Clinton because of her win in Nevada and there has not been a noticeable shift of opinion since. This looks good for Clinton once she heads into South Carolina because if she wins this, she will most likely win all of the other Super Tuesday states. As for Donald Trump, Super Tuesday polls seem to show that he is more likely to win the Super Tuesday states because when asked, people picked him over Rubio and Cruz in a poll. Super Tuesday is crucial for the running candidates and it will be interesting to see if the polls went how they were predicted.

Analysis:

I thought this was a good article to use for the unit three current events paper for numerous reasons. I think the article well explains the difference with how the Democratic party is headed and how well the Republican party is headed. This article is also related to unit three since it explains what party is leading in what state and how they have a good chance of winning.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-clinton-super-tuesday_us_56d053c4e4b03260bf766193?utm_hp_ref=elections-2016

Donald Trump Stands By Planned Parenthood-- Except On Abortion

Jasmin Palmer
AP Government and Politics
Current Event- Unit Two
Date: 2/21/16

Donald Trump Stands By Planned Parenthood-- Except On Abortion

Summary:

This article explains how Donald Trump does not support the idea of abortion, and why he does not support it anymore. Trump explains how he does support Planned Parenthood and will be funding it, he just won't be funding abortion. This article quotes Trump saying "I have many, many friends who are women who understand Planned Parenthood better than you or I will ever understand it." Trump used to be for abortion in 1999 and said he was "pro-choice in every respect." Now, he says that he is not for abortion because his friends that were going to have an abortion, had their kid and he grew up to be a a great child.

Analysis:

This article relates really well back to unit two because it is about political beliefs. The article expresses Trump's beliefs and opinions on the subject of abortion really well. However, I think that his idea of pro-life isn't smart because women who are pregnant from rape, incest, or if they are risking their own life to have this kid, don't have a say in if they want to keep the child or not. I think it should be up to the mom and not up to a president. I think that how the federal government finances abortion is the way we should keep continuing.

Obama Doesn't Want Federal Tax Dollars Paying for Any More Sports Stadiums

Jasmin Palmer

AP Government and Politics

Current Event- Unit One

Obama Doesn't Want Federal Tax Dollars Paying for Any More Sports Stadiums

Summary:

President Obama is trying to revoke a federal tax exemption on the money cities and states use to finance new stadiums. If this was repealed, cities and states can pay for stadiums with tax-free bonds and will cost federal taxpayers around $4 billion in tax money on the existing stadium debt. It would also save close to $542 million over the next decade. However, economists have made a point that when it gets into public financing deals, the cost to enter stadiums would rise. Along with the price of getting into stadiums going up, repealing this tax wouldn’t end the practice of publically financing stadiums. Obama had already proposed repealing the tax exemption in his 2016 budget, but the Republican side of Congress didn’t take it much into consideration and as a result, it did not pass.

Analysis:

                This article is a good fit for unit one because it discusses the use of federal money and taxes. It can be considered a block grant issue, even though block grants aren’t supposed to have guidelines to them. It can also express the use of grants-in-aid because the federal government is giving states tax money to help buy and upgrade sports stadiums. This article also discusses revenue by the way it talks about taxes used for the public.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-budget-taxpayers-stadiums_us_56ba3d4ee4b0c3c5504f0dc7?ir=Politics&section=us_politics&utm_hp_ref=politics