The UF_Politics Seriousposting team received an image of a Greek house’s sticker board for the fall 2023 elections. The image shows two sheets of paper divided into boxes with names. Each box is filled with an “I Voted” sticker from…
This article is the second in a multi-part series exposing grifting within “The System,” the century-old political machine consisting of Greek houses, Florida Blue Key, and the communities that have dominated politics at the University of Florida. Previously, the uf_politics seriousposting team revealed a serious…
The uf_politics seriousposting team has previously reported on the existence of The System, the century-old political machine consisting of Greek houses, Florida Blue Key, and the communities that historically and continues to dominate campus politics. Throughout its century of domination, the…
Last year was a historic year for the independent parties in UF Student Government. For the first time in the one hundred years, an independent party secured the majority of the senate seats. However, in an effort to reconsolidate its…
Until the year 1926, there existed at the University of Florida one secret political party, organized and composed practically of representatives from certain fraternities. This party, named by its own choice the Beefsteak Club, met in smoke filled rooms behind…
Tyler Richards was the data analyst for Access Party, and his article “Two Decades of UF Student Government Elections” has remained one of the few publicly accessible data analyses for UF’s student government. The UF_Politics seriousposting team sat down with Richards and…
The atmosphere outside the Reitz was electric on February 15, 2015. Two student government parties faced off that evening, clashing in the traditional battle of chants. Swamp Party, the contemporaneous iteration of the “System” party, had dominated student government politics at…
After losing two elections in a row last year, Gator Party is currently in disarray. Gator Party is part of UF’s century-old political machine that controls student government. This political machine is called “The System” and is examined extensively in…