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.
According to the first PPP poll for the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Terry McAuliffe leads his opponent, Ken Cuccinelli, by five percentage points — 46 to 41.
As Michigan’s next legislature begins, both party leaders speak of coming together in an effort to spur bipartisanship.
The money behind Obama’s reelection is slowly revealing itself. The Center for Responsive Politics published a report of Priorities USA funding this week.
Ron Paul retired from Congress last week, yet his influence is only growing. Despite not winning the Republican Party’s nomination for president, the 77-year-old resident of Texas…
The intended goal of the FairTax system is to eliminate the need for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by doing away with many burdensome taxes on the national level…
State Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx) and four fellow independent Democrats joined with the Republican conference to create an independent Democrat-Republican coalition majority.
The election of a religiously diverse 113th Congress can partially be attributed to shifting religious attitudes in America.
