Chad Peace

The Latino Vote, Abel Maldonado, Prop 121, and Diversity

(Arizona) - Latino voters are being bombarded with anti-prop 121 messages paid for by special interest groups like Americans for Responsible Leadership and with the support of divisive political leaders

By Chad Peace

/ November 3, 2012

California Republican Party Headed for Third Party Status

By all accounts California is a Democratic State. But, from Reagan, to Wilson, to the Governator, its had its fair share of Republican leaders. San Diego, the Central Valley, and

By Chad Peace

/ November 2, 2012

[Updated 11/6] Who is Really Winning the Presidential Election?

One of the disadvantages from the ease of accessing information in today's political world is that there are 4,973,874 different political polls tracking another large random

By Chad Peace

/ November 1, 2012

San Diego Leads Statewide Trend in Independent Voter Registration

San Diego now leads California's statewide trend in independent voter registrations. Of the 30,000 newly registered voters in the 52nd Congressional district alone this year, Independents outnumbered

By Chad Peace

/ October 30, 2012

Arizona Holding the Torch of the Non-Partisan Revolution

By Chad Peace

/ October 30, 2012

Bill Bloomfield Commercial Goes After Henry Waxman's Democratic Base

California is undergoing a quiet revolution out West. Coming off of its first non-partisan open primary, there are several races this year that won't look familiar to

By Chad Peace

/ October 30, 2012

Bill Bloomfield Commercial Goes After Henry Waxman's Democratic Base

California is undergoing a quiet revolution out West. Coming off of its first non-partisan open primary, there are several races this year that won't look familiar to

By Chad Peace

/ October 30, 2012

Why 27 is Scarier than Halloween for Some

1 is lonely. 13 is bad luck. But for some, 27 is scarier than Halloween. There are two competing views in California. One: taxes are necessary. Two: taxes are too

By Chad Peace

/ October 29, 2012

IVN.us Examines Democracy in America This Week

Americans are coming together once again on a local, state, and national level to participate in an exercise of universally participatory self-government, and in many races, the peaceful transition

By Chad Peace

/ October 29, 2012

This Week on IVN: Democracy in America

Americans are coming together once again on a local, state, and national level to participate in an exercise of universally participatory self-government, and in many races, the peaceful transition

By Chad Peace

/ October 29, 2012

Arizona's Proposition 121 and Why it Matters to Everyone Else

Over the last several decades, party central committees, partisan special interests, and courts overseen by party-appointed judges have built an institutional wall around party power-brokers. Districts are re-

By Chad Peace

/ October 28, 2012

Gary Johnson Twitter Passes 100,00 Followers

Most politicos were watching President Obama's speech today in Nashua, New Hampshire, where he hit on a his main theme of "moving forward." Elsewhere, third party

By Chad Peace

/ October 27, 2012