<div><p><a href="http://ivn.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/independent_voters_ap.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img alt="independent_voters_ap" height="295" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/independent_voters_ap.jpg" width="545"></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Despite the narrative that the Republican p

Gallup: Congressional Candidates Face Split Electorate

<div><p>Despite some modest gains in positive sentiment from California’s voters in certain areas, the latest Field poll indicates that the state still has a long road ahead on the path to recovery.</p><p><a href="http://ivn.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/image574758x_370x278.jpg" rel="noopener noref

Latest Field Poll gauges pulse of California voters

<div><p>Republican voters may have negative sentiments toward the current field of GOP presidential hopefuls, but the latest Gallup polling data shows that a majority of these voters prefer the final nominee to come from the current pack and would prefer not to head into a brokered GOP convention in

Gallup: Republican voters don’t want brokered convention 

<div><p>Thaddeus McCotter, former Republican presidential candidate and current Michigan congressman, recently warned about the GOP establishment maneuvering the 2012 presidential campaign toward a brokered convention in which party insiders hand pick a “new face” nominee.</p><p><a href="http://ivn.

Congressman McCotter issues warning over brokered convention

<div><p>President Barack Obama may be gradually regaining the favor of Independent voters in the midst of a Republican dogfight, but that doesn’t mean that the influential voter demographic still isn’t skeptical of the steps he’s taken to revive the nation’s economy.&nbsp; The <a href="http://www.pe

Independents still wary of President Obama's fiscal policies 

<div><p>Coinciding with the next two presidential election cycles in 2012 and 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is projecting Hispanics to have a significant presence in the nation’s labor force over the next ten years.&nbsp; As <a href="http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/02/13/labor-force-growt

Hispanics becoming integral part of U.S. labor force

<div><p>When it comes to watching the GOP presidential debates this election cycle, Independent voters are more removed from the process than both Republicans and Democrats.&nbsp; The finding comes from a <a href="http://www.people-press.org/2012/02/07/section-2-debates-and-campaign-outreach/" rel="

Independents most disengaged from GOP presidential debates

<div><p>As two-party rhetoric heats up over reviving the U.S. economy, a new Gallup survey indicates that large majorities of Independents are siding more with Democrats on certain economic proposals than Republicans. </p><p><a href="http://ivn.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/survey.jpg" rel="noopener

Independents and Democrats agree on key economic proposals

<div><p>As most of the GOP presidential candidates will be rallying the party base at next week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Texas Congressman Ron Paul won’t be present at what’s billed as "the largest annual gathering of conservative activists." Instead, he’s hitting the campa

Ron Paul shows independent streak, declines CPAC invitation 

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