2016 Election

MTSU hosts election viewing party | Photo Gallery
Photos by Olivia Ladd/ Lifestyles Editor On Tuesday, students, faculty and staff gathered in the Media and Entertainment building to view live coverage of the 2016 presidential election during MTSU’s Election Watch Party. MTSU’s student media covered the election while the Student Government Association, College Republicans, College Democrats and other student organizations watched the results …

Live: Rutherford County local election results
Photo by Steve Barnum / Staff Writer As votes are tallied for the local elections in Rutherford County, Sidelines will be compiling the results in the charts below. The results for the following offices are included here: State House District 4, State Senate District 14, State House District 34, State House District 37, State House District …

Top online resources for 2016 election
Story by Ashley Coker // Contributing Writer | Photo courtesy of Flicker With two months until Election Day, it’s time for voters who have not been staying up-to-date on the issues to do their homework. Luckily, the Internet makes catching up easier than ever. There is a ton of information out there, but checking out these …

Opinion: What Sanders dropping out means for young voters, the need for transparency in American politics
Photo by ABC/ Ida Mae Astute With the 2016 general election creeping closer and closer, many voters are choosing sides. “Creeping” is the operative word in that sentence, considering the division that the election has caused among American voters. Between the outcries of so-called bigotry and the heavy-handed belief of establishment control, eligible voters have …

AP: Trump virtually clinches Republican presidential nomination
Story by Julie Pace, Scott Bauer // Associated Press | Photo courtesy of Flickr // Gage Skidmore INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In a stunning triumph for a political outsider, Donald Trump all but clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a resounding victory in Indiana that knocked rival Ted Cruz out of the race and cleared Trump’s …