<div>      <p>South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signed a bill dramatically changing the laws governing ballot access for Independent candidates just months after an Independent took 17% of the vote in a statewide election.</p><p>The bill, Senate Bill 69, an act to revise certain provisions regar

South Dakota Voters Lose Choice At Ballot Box

<div><p>The partisan fracturing of American politics is a topic of frequent debate and discussion.&nbsp;Politics is becoming increasingly personal, and antipathy between ideologies is on the rise. As activists and politicos work to solve this crisis in Washington and on Main Street, Americans may fi

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<div><p>In the wake of last week's startling upset of Eric Cantor, it would be easy to believe that the political middle will once again be left out in the cold. Yet something unique is happening this primary season.&nbsp;Political moderates, the perennial underdogs of party primaries, the forgotten

The New Radicals: How the Moderate Wing is Shaping the 2014 Elections

<div><p>In the current political climate, new policy ideas are often stifled in favor of political entrenchment. As a result, candidates rarely challenge the ideas of their party, choosing partisanship over policy innovation. Yet in California, two candidates, one Republican and one Democrat, are ch

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