College Democrats (Answered by President, Owen Bros) Abortion: “The government should not be involved in your body in any way. Period. When abortion is on the ballot, such as most recently in Ohio, the American people overwhelmingly vote to protect the right to an abortion. If you are a person that thinks it is morally […]
It has been one year since Hamas launched a devastating attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas, designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, broke an existing ceasefire deal when they launched the worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Hamas killed about 1,200 people, including 46 Americans, and took […]
The Monmouth University Polling Institute was founded in 2005 and has since been led by Director Patrick Murray. The Institute is located on the first floor of the Plangere Center. Last year, FiveThirtyEight, a nonpartisan polling database, ranked Monmouth’s Polling Institute fifth in the nation out of 589 polling centers. Why is Monmouth’s Polling Institute […]
Last week, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off in their first, and potentially only, presidential debate before the 2024 election. The debate, hosted by ABC News, was roughly 90 minutes covering topics such as the economy, abortion and immigration. Following the debate, both candidates declared victory over the other on […]
On Tuesday, Nov. 5, tens of millions of Americans will head to polling stations across the country and cast their votes in the 2024 general election. Voting is the most important civic duty we have as Americans and average time it takes to register to vote is just two minutes. Below is a step-by-step guide […]
Three former New Jersey Governors and two state Senators from both parties joined forces on Wednesday, Apr. 3, to speak about bridging political divides during a “Reclaiming Civility in Public Discourse” event in the Great Hall auditorium. Roughly 150 people attended the “Reclaiming Civility in Public Discourse” event sponsored by President Patrick Leahy, the College […]
The Monmouth University Debate Team competed in the CEDA National Debate Championships from Thursday, Mar. 21, to Saturday, Mar. 23, on the campus of California State University at Fullerton.The team arrived in Los Angeles on the night of Wednesday, March 20. On Thursday, the team spent the day at Laguna Beach and went to Disneyland […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence joined a growing list of former Trump officials in refusing to endorse their former boss on Friday, Mar. 15. Pence appeared on Fox News where he said he “cannot in good conscience endorse Donald Trump,” the man whom he worked side by side with for four years. It’s the first […]
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to deliver his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, Mar. 7. This speech, mandated by the Constitution, is held annually, typically in February. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), posted the invitation on X and acknowledged it was his duty […]
U.S. Representative Andy Kim, New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy, and activist Patricia Campos-Medina attended a 2024 U.S. Senate candidate forum at Pollak Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 3. The forum, hosted by the Monmouth University College Democrats, brought an estimated 250 Democratic voters to the theatre to listen to each candidate as the primary race […]