Dan Sally

Dan Sally serves on the Digital Strategy Council for Rank the Vote and is host of the podcast ‘You Don’t Have to Yell’, which discusses today’s most pressing issues without the partisan spin.

No Labels' Failed Presidential Math and Why It Should Focus Its Efforts on Reforming the System Instead

Earlier this month, No Labels officially ended its plans to field a bipartisan “Unity Ticket” in the 2024 presidential election. While most campaigns end due to a lack of voter support or funding, No Labels’s campaign suffered the unique problem of lacking a candidate.

By Dan Sally

/ April 26, 2024

No Labels' Failed Presidential Math and Why It Should Focus Its Efforts on Reforming the System Instead

How the Two-Party System Makes America Less Stable

When I think of Mike Johnson’s position as Speaker of the House, I can’t help but think of a salmon swimming upstream to spawn - struggling against currents and avoiding the jaws of grizzly bears only to get to his final destination and die.

By Dan Sally

/ April 16, 2024

How the Two-Party System Makes America Less Stable

Sinema's Exit Could Be Bad News for Democrats -- Here's Why

To many, the 2024 presidential primary has been like the movie Titanic - overly long and ending in a disaster we all saw coming from the start. After months of campaigning and five televised primary debates, Americans are now faced with a rematch between two candidates polling shows a majority of th

By Dan Sally

/ March 19, 2024

Sinema's Exit Could Be Bad News for Democrats -- Here's Why

Gerrymandering Reform: Are We Asking the Wrong Question?

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on the Dan Sally's website and has been republished on IVN with permission from the author. Earlier this month, Democrats

By Dan Sally

/ March 1, 2024

Biden, the Arab American Vote, and Identity Politics in 2024

In late January, leaders from Michigan’s Arab American community rebuffed an invitation to meet with Biden’s campaign manager, expressing frustration that they hadn’t been given a voice in the administration’s policies towards Gaza.

By Dan Sally

/ February 20, 2024

Biden, the Arab American Vote, and Identity Politics in 2024

Can Congress Still Do Its Job? How Polarization Threatens Your Favorite Cause

Over the weekend, Senate negotiators released final language of a bill that would address the growing crisis at America’s southern border while also providing aid to Ukraine and Israel. This would be great news, if House Speaker Mike Johnson hadn’t announced the bill was dead on arrival before the b

By Dan Sally

/ February 6, 2024

Can Congress Still Do Its Job? How Polarization Threatens Your Favorite Cause

The Sensible Voices Drowned Out in the Race for House Speaker

After a mere 15 tries, Kevin McCarthy finally holds the gavel as Speaker of the House. Drowned out in stories of successive floor votes and physical altercations between middle aged

By Dan Sally

/ January 16, 2023