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28 July 2021Access AmericaAndrew Clyde, Arizona, Capitol, Capitol Riots, Congress, Congressmen, Cyber Ninjas, Democrats, Donald Trump, Election, Election Recounts, Hack, Hacking, Joe Biden, Leuphana, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Mike Pence, POTUS, President Biden, Rally, Republicans, Russian Bots, Trump, US PresidencyHenrike Kattoll

Re-re-recount (and counting)

By Bobbie Kirkhart

As the world knows, Donald Trump’s 2016 election to the presidency had healthy assistance from Russian bots that, in spite of their non-human circumstance, knew a great deal about unverified corruption of Hillary Clinton and were generously eager to share that information with certain receptive segments of the American public. During that time, there were verified attempts to hack into 21 states, but we never found out if they were successful as the Trump administration declared the budget wouldn’t allow for an investigation. Some highly suspicious Americans (we call them Democrats) worried aloud that the 2020 election might also be rigged. Fortunately, Trump knew how to tell. During the campaign, when Joe Biden was leading in the polls, he stated that if Biden were announced the winner, we would know the election was rigged. Well, Biden was announced the winner, so there you have it, clear proof of fraud.

Photo credit: “super green ninja ‘with lasers’” by TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

And if you’re wondering what this image has to do with the election recounts, then…

17 February 2021Access AmericaAmerican People, American Presidency, American Voters, Barack Obama, Capitol, Coronavirus, Donald Trump, Executive Staff, Leuphana, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Politics, POTUS, Racism, Tweets, Twitter, United NationsHenrike Kattoll

We Were Trumped!

By Bobbie Kirkhart

Americans do not vote directly for their presidents. We vote for the people who will vote for our presidents. Each state is assigned electors, based partly on population, but each state is assigned an additional two electoral votes, regardless of its size. Consequently, a vote from a person in a rural state has more influence than a vote from an urbanized area. This system has given us five presidents who came in second in the people’s vote with mixed results. Three have made us question this system. With Rutherford Hayes, we got Jim Crow law that denied African Americans their civil rights for more than 100 years. With George W. Bush, we got the Iraq war. With Donald Trump, well, we got – Trump!

2 November 2020Access AmericaDonald Trump, Election Campaigns, Election Polls, Election Predictions, Goethe Institute, High School Students, International School Competition, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Leuphana, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, LIFE e.V., Online Classroom, Political Preferences, POTUS, Predictions, Presidential Election, Teach About U.S., Transatlantic Outreach Program, U.S. Election, U.S. Embassy Berlin, U.S. Embassy School Election ProjectHenrike Kattoll

The Ultimate Election Forecast: More than 5,000 Pollsters Agree – The Next President of the U.S. is ….

By Joannis Kaliampos

The 2020 U.S. election has people around the world on the edge of their seats, wondering who will become the next President of the United States. The two candidates – former Vice President Joe Biden and the incumbent President, Donald Trump – would become the oldest men to ever have held this office. Another ‘first’ is Biden’s VP pick, Kamala Harris, junior senator from California, the first-ever woman of color running on a presidential ticket. In addition, a global pandemic, an economic crisis, and nationwide demonstrations protesting systemic racism make this election more exciting than ever.

Photo credit: U.S. Embassy Berlin. Students participate in a Q and A session with U.S. election experts at the concluding event of the 2016 election project at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Berlin.

While U.S. pollsters, such as Larry Sabato or Nate Silver, predict a likely victory for Democrat Biden, Trump’s 2016 surprise upset lead many pollster to ask how reliable election polls really are. And sometimes, the best pollsters are not those featured in the news, but are those found in high school classrooms.

26 August 2020Access AmericaAlternative Facts, Approval Rates, Barack Obama, Democracy, Diplomacy, Donald Trump, Freedom of Press, Germany, Investigative Journalism, Journalism, Journalistic Excellence, Journalistic Integrity, Journalistic Transparency, Leuphana, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Political Leaders, POTUS, President Obama, President Trump, Press, Relations, United StatesHenrike Kattoll

In a trying political climate, look not towards what divides, but what unites Germany and the U.S.: Journalistic Excellence

By Mattheus Wee

Are German-American relations in a critical state? If public opinion surveys are anything to go by, perhaps so – at least according to Germans. While Americans generally still hold on to a positive image of Germany, the same cannot be said for the way most Germans view the United States. A jointly conducted poll by the Pew Research Center and the Körber-Stiftung revealed late last year that while “three-quarters of Americans see relations with Germany as good,” nearly “two-thirds of Germans (64%) see relations as bad.” More alarmingly, the New York Magazine quotes a survey conducted by YouGov revealing that Germans view President Trump as “a greater threat to world peace than any other head of state” – a noteworthy distinction, especially in light of the existence of other controversial leaders, such as the likes of Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin.