The Breezeway Hosts Midterm Election Viewing Event in Partnership With the Political Science Society

Reporters: Noah and Jacob Laybolt

On November 6th, as the American 2018 midterm elections divided many across the country, here in St. John’s the Political Science Society came to together to hold a free viewing party at the Breezeway MUNSU Bar. The event marked the resurgence of the society following recent elections for various leadership positions in the group.

Notably,the society has launched a Facebook page and an Instagram account to further community engagement on campus. Prior to this, the dominant mode of public engagement was an inactive Twitter account which last posted in 2013.

This revived digital exposure campaign appears to have been quite successful considering the number of attendees who spent the night eager and wide-eyed as the bar projected CNN’s live coverage of the election. Looking into the future,the Political Science society has mentioned plans for an upcoming mixer in collaboration with the department of Humanities and Social Sciences and a bake sale to raise funds and boost presence.

As the CNN broadcast being played on multiple screens in the bar announced projected election results, there was either abrupt cheering or booing. The democratic party was the clear favourite of the Breezeway’s young,progressive crowd. Ted Cruz’s clutch victory over Beto O’Rourke was met with a dull, buzzed chagrin from the patrons. People started to disperse around midnight as the mixed voting results crawled in at a gradually slower pace.

As was reported by major news outlets across the globe, the democrats won a majority house but failed to replicate that success in the realm of senate seats. This reporter sure cannot wait to see the events of the next federal election, both American and Canadian, unfold among another friendly and well-acquainted crowd at Memorial’s cozy campus bar.