The most recent published Gallup poll of US satisfaction rates found 68% of independent voters dissatisfied with the way things are going in the US.
The topic of the ever-mysterious independent voter goes largely ignored until election time, when candidates and their consultants realize that their re-election depends on winning their vote.
On Thursday, IVN.us hosted the first ever online presidential debate over Google Hangout. Third party candidates, Jill Stein and Gary Johnson, graciously agreed to participate in an informative back-and-forth on.
For the first time since the data has been tracked, a decisive majority of Americans believe government should not favor any set of values.
On Tuesday night, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala, were arrested while trying to gain entrance to the second presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
IndependentVoting.org, a national strategy, communications, and organizing center working to connect and empower the 40% of Americans who identify themselves as independents, has begun conducting a survey to educate and activate Arizona voters about Proposition 121, the Top-Two Open Primary Initiative.
Americans clearly want a different kind of politics and electing independents to Congress has real potential to hasten change.
