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The untold story of US immigration policy

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Part-1: 2020 US Presidential Election Prediction

Historical View: In the last five presidential elections, Barack Obama's 2008 victory was a huge victory with the highest number of electoral college votes. George W. Bush's 2000 election victory was very competitive with a very narrow victory. Florida played an important role in each presidential election. 2016 2012 2008 2004 2000 Trump (R) Hillary (D) Obama (D) Romney (R) Obama (D) McCain (R) GWBush (R) Kerry (D) GWBush (R) AlGore (D) 304 227 332 206 365 173 286 251 271 266 Some states always vote for one particular party; it is a trend in the last five presidential elections. For example, Texas always vote for Republican candidates and California always vote for Democrats. Here is a list of states voted for Republican candidates in last five presidential elections. (Number of Electoral College votes) State Votes Alabama 9 Alaska 3 Arizona 11 Arkansas 6 Georgia 16 Idaho 4 Kansas 6 Kentucky 8 Louisiana 8 Mississippi 6 Missouri 10 Montana 3 Nebr...

US Presidential Election Process and Electoral College

An election for president of the United States occurs every four years on Election Day, held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The next presidential election will be held on November 3, 2020 . The election process begins with the primary elections and caucuses and moves to nominating conventions, during which political parties each select a nominee to unite behind. The nominee also announces a vice presidential running mate at this time. The candidates then campaign across the country to explain their views and plans to voters and participate in debates with candidates from other parties. During the general election, Americans go to their polling place to cast their vote for president. But the tally of those votes—the popular vote—does not determine the winner. Instead, presidential elections use the Electoral College. To win the election, a candidate must receive a majority of electoral votes. In the event no candidate receives the majority, the House of Repre...

Positive work done by Trump administration

On January 20, 2017, President Donald J Trump took the presidency of the United States of America. He was treated as an unconventional politician. He bragged about his inauguration crowd size. Many critics doubted his motive. Many did not believe whether he would succeed or not. Over the last 20 months, President Trump has many accomplishments in his presidency career. Economy: In the second quarter of 2018, the U.S. GDP growth hit an annualized 4.1%. The economy added 3.2 million jobs, unemployment fell to the lowest level in 18 years, and the number of job openings grew larger than the number of job-seekers for the first time on record. An unemployment rate of 3.7%; the lowest since 1969. The U.S. added 213,000 jobs in June 2018, topping economist forecasts of 195,000. Average hourly earnings rose 2.9 percent in August 2018, as the economy added 201000 jobs. The US economy added 250,000 jobs in October 2018, significantly exceeding expectations. Weekly earnings...

115th Congress Casualty List (Outgoing Members US Midterm election 2018)

Another office - appointed James Bridenstine (R) (Oklahoma, District 01) Mick Mulvaney (R) (South Carolina, District 05) Mike Pompeo (R) (Kansas, District 04) Tom Price (R) (Georgia, District 06) Jeff Sessions (R) (Alabama, Senate) Ryan K Zinke (R) (Montana, District 01) Defeated in general election Mike Bishop (R) (Michigan, District 08) Rod Blum (R) (Iowa, District 01) Dave Brat (R) (Virginia, District 07) Mike Coffman (R) (Colorado, District 06) Barbara Comstock (R) (Virginia, District 10) John Culberson (R) (Texas, District 07) Carlos Curbelo (R) (Florida, District 26) Joe Donnelly (D) (Indiana, Senate) Dan Donovan (R) (New York, District 11) John Faso (R) (New York, District 19) Karen Handel (R) (Georgia, District 06) Heidi Heitkamp (D) (North Dakota, Senate) Dean Heller (R) (Nevada, Senate) Randy Hultgren (R) (Illinois, District 14) Leonard Lance (R) (New Jersey, District 07) Jason Lewis (R) (Minnesota, District 02) Claire McCaskill (D) (Missouri, Sena...

New members of the 116th Congress (US Midterm Election 2018)

Colin Allred (Texas Democrat, District 32) Kelly Armstrong (North Dakota Republican, District 1) Cindy Axne (Iowa Democrat, District 3) Jim Baird (Indiana Republican, District 4) Mike Braun (Indiana Republican, Senate) Anthony Brindisi (New York Democrat, District 22) Tim Burchett (Tennessee Republican, District 2) Ed Case (Hawaii Democrat, District 1) Sean Casten (Illinois Democrat, District 6) Ben Cline (Virginia Republican, District 6) Angie Craig (Minnesota Democrat, District 2) Dan Crenshaw (Texas Republican, District 2) Jason Crow (Colorado Democrat, District 6) Joe Cunningham (South Carolina Democrat, District 1) Sharice Davids (Kansas Democrat, District 3) Madeleine Dean (Pennsylvania Democrat, District 4) Antonio Delgado (New York Democrat, District 19) Veronica Escobar (Texas Democrat, District 16) Abby Finkenauer (Iowa Democrat, District 1) Lizzie Fletcher (Texas Democrat, District 7) Russ Fulcher (Idaho Republican, District 1) Jesus Garcia (Illinois De...

US Senate after Midterm Election 2018

In Arizona, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema won over Rep. Martha McSally. Recounts ordered in Florida for U.S. Senate, governor, and agricultural commission. Out of 100 Senate seat, 35 seats were for re-election. Democrats defended 26 seats where Republican had to defend only 9 seats. U.S. Senate Composition Before Seats Up For Election 2018 Results Composition After Democratic Caucus Republican Caucus Democratic Caucus Republican Caucus Democratic Caucus Republican Caucus Democratic Caucus Republican Caucus 49 51 26 9 24 9 47 51 Alabama 1 1 1 1 Alaska 0 2 0 2 Arizona 0 2 Jeff Flake (R) Kyrsten Sinema (D) 1 1 Arkansas 0 2 0 2 California 2 0 Dianne Feinstein (D) Dianne Feinstein (D) 2 0 Colorado 1 1 1 1 Connecticut 2 0 Christopher S. Murphy (D) Christopher S. Murphy (D) 2 0 Delaware 2 0 Tom Carper (D) Tom Carper (D) 2 0 Florida 1 1 Bill Nelson (D) Undecided 0 1 Georgia 0 2 0 2 Hawaii 2 0 Mazie K. Hirono (D) Mazie K. Hirono (D) 2 0 Idaho 0 2 0 2 Illinois 2 0 2 0 Indiana 1 ...