More voters today are registering as independents than at anytime in American history. As partisan campaigns seek to divide the nation into a superficial left v. right or Democrat v. Republican mentality, the independent-minded voter looks for candidates that think and speak for themselves. The 2012 elections will be an important test of how independent-minded voters will assert themselves at the polls.
After the re-election of President Barack Obama, national energy policy will likely continue without drastic changes, but questions still loom on the future of energy policy in the United States..
With the swing from Republican to Democrat, the Wisconsin election results prove voters in the state are issue driven over anything else.
Democrats in Illinois made huge gains in the US House of Representatives last week. Four GOP incumbents were unseated by their Democratic challengers.
In the wee hours last Wednesday morning, Mitt Romney faced somber on-lookers in Boston. The GOP candidate gave the president his blessing, and receded from the race. It was official, Obama, and America’s Democratic Party, triumphed on Election Day.
The 2012 election cycle produced an unprecedented amount of political spending. The two major parties lended their monetary support to maximize the advertisement of their hopeful candidates.
Every two years approximately one-third of the US Senate is up for re-election. The following 13 Republican US Senators face re-election in 2014.
This was a relatively big year for third party candidates. So, how did they actually fair in the election? Here are some stats.
