Month: November 2021

“News” from the satirical website, “The Onion”: Andrew Yang Developing New Fourth Party After Failing To Gain Support With Third Party

“RIVER VALE, NJ—Calling for an end to the partisan squabbling that had long held the nation hostage, politician and entrepreneur Andrew Yang told reporters Thursday that he was building a new fourth party after failing to gain traction with his recently founded Forward Party.

“This country is moving too far left, too far right, and too far forward, which is why I’m proud to announce the Breakthrough Party,” said the former presidential candidate, urging voters who were fed up with the Democratic Party, Republican Party, and Forward Party to join him in his new venture to return sanity to American politics in a way even his own third party had not.

“My experience founding the Forward Party over these past few weeks tells me we need a fourth way; a way that can make meaningful progress on issues Americans care about, rather than spouting platitudes like our three major parties. It’s time to live up to this country’s ideals. It’s time for a breakthrough.” At press time, Yang had announced immediate plans to sever ties with the Breakthrough Party and form a fifth unnamed party that would help cut through the noise of U.S. politics.”

From: https://www.theonion.com/andrew-yang-developing-new-fourth-party-after-failing-t-1847957168

Join the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement next Wednesday, November 10 2021 at 4:00 PM, in the Main Campus Student Center, Room 307, for a discussion on how to run for political office.

The session is designed to help students consider the possibility of a future run for political office and the steps to take in that process! Guests will include Tucker Middleton, Senior Vice President at Putnam Partners, a marketing and campaign firm in Washington, DC and an ECU alum, as well as Dr. Baumgartner.

Free food, free stuff!

See https://engage.ecu.edu/event/7159364.

The following are some Election Day updates, as of 7:00 a.m. 11/3, taken from several sources (not cited here) on the Web: 

In “New Jersey, Republican Jack Ciattarelli [holds] a slight lead over incumbent Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, but the race [is still] too close to call. … Democratic incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are separated by just a few thousand votes.”

In Virginia, “Republican Glenn Youngkin has defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the race for governor in Virginia, according to a call from the Associated Press” at about 12:45 a.m.

In other closely watched races, Minneapolis voters “rejected a ballot measure to overhaul policing drafted amid the national fury over George Floyd’s murder.”

There’s never too much information about this subject! Please check to see if your adviser has emailed you about registration in the past couple of weeks – if you don’t know who your adviser is, you can find out on Degree Works.

If (and only if) you can’t find an email with instructions about registration, reach out to him or her, asking for guidance.