The former vice president and possible presidential candidate visited Washington and Lee University on March 21. Pence headlined Mock Convention’s 2023 Spring Kickoff event.
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The Democratic field is wide open after the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire’s primary, which is challenging students to predict the party’s presidential nominee.
The Washington and Lee University Mock Convention political team is finishing its research and preparing to unveil its prediction of the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in less than a month.
University photojournalism students captured top moments at the quadrennial event.
Donald J. Trump earned the Mock Con nomination, concluding a weekend of parade floats and speeches at Washington and Lee University.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, commentator Ann Coulter and others offered different visions of conservatism at the 26th W&L Mock Con. They had one thing in common: disdain for the Democratic frontrunners.
Ann Coulter told student reporters that Donald Trump supports police officers and gets the support of African Americans.
The 2016 Mock Convention starts Thursday at 5 p.m., with the much anticipated prediction due on Saturday afternoon. A former U.S. vice president, former House Speaker and current governor are among the speakers.
Polls opened at 7 a.m., except for a handful of communities that begin voting just after midnight. More than 870,000 residents are registered to vote in the first primary of the 2016 presidential election.
Politics professor Bill Connelly was interviewed by Barbara Bent for the On Record portion of the Rockbridge Report to discuss…