<div><p>Getting elected as a third-party candidate is no easy feat in the United States.</p><p>In fact, the deck is so stacked against alternative candidates — courtesy of <a href="/tag/gerrymandering" rel="noopener noreferrer">gerrymandered voting districts</a> that favor one of the major parties, 

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<div><p>Not that it would surprise many, but President-elect Donald Trump contradicted himself recently.</p><p>Per usual form, Trump stirred up a hornets’ nest of controversy with a recent tweet, suggesting that flag burning—a form of Constitutionally-protected speech according to the Supreme Court—

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<div><p>Media pundits and prominent publications are putting the full court press on third-party candidates. It is no coincidence that Hillary Clinton’s <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/hillary-clintons-millennial-challenge/494390/" rel="noopener noreferrer">efforts to at

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<div><p>Understandably, readers of the IVN pride themselves on their status as… well… independent voters. Voters are jettisoning the Democratic and Republican Parties faster than you can say “record high unfavorable ratings.”</p><p>However, ditching the two-party system isn’t enough; it’s high time 

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<div><p>Ted Cruz’s infamous “vote your conscience” speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention raised a flag for “Never Trump” Republicans to rally around nationwide. This group of disillusioned Republicans, who still have not embraced&nbsp;the new face of their party, have already started an 

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<div><p>Spoiler alert!</p><p>Is it Perot? Is it Nader? No, it’s <strong>Gary Johnson</strong>.</p><p>Like clockwork, immediately following the introduction of a political candidate from outside the two-party system, pundits do not hesitate to discuss how this one individual will “spoil” the election

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<div><p>The Libertarian Party Convention convened over Memorial Day weekend, bringing together thousands of participants — from party delegates to true-believer activists — in the process of selecting the candidates who would go on to represent them during the general election.</p><p>And, like any o

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<div><p><em>“We stand here in the middle of this city and force ourselves to imagine the moment the bomb fell. We force ourselves to feel the dread of children confused by what they see. We listen to a silent cry. We remember all the innocents killed across the arc of that terrible war and the wars 

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<div><blockquote>“From the start, he said: ‘This campaign is not about me’ – it’s a chance for voters who’ve been disregarded and discarded to forge a new political revolution that will continue to grow beyond this election and create a true people’s government.” <strong>~ Jim Hightower, <a href="ht

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