Back again after one year of a surreal and hectic political campaign. Bernie Sanders lost the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton, whom in turn lost the general election to Donald Trump. A completely unforeseen event. However, in hindsight, the symptoms for a Trump win were already apparent. I spent the year off-blog trying to get a real feel for this election, in early February, I felt that this election was unlike an other and that attempting to predict or speculate on the future events was beginning to date very quickly. By July, we had our two nominees: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump for the Democratic and Republican nominations, respectively. From the outset, Hillary painted herself as a centrist alternative to Trump. However, after the 2016 Democratic party platform was drafted with 80% of Bernie Sanders' ideas stitched into it. She was forced to be the liberal alternative to her rival. Trump and Sanders shared very few superfici...
The Future is Ours