With independent voters now a majority, former Republican rivals Allan Fung and Ken Block are betting Rhode Island’s political future belongs outside the two-party system.
The US Constitution begins with "We the People." These words do not distinguish between Democrats, Republicans, independents, or voters with no party affiliation. They simply recognize the people.
In wake of Graham Platner's exit in Maine, former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison and Paul Rieckhoff get in a heated debate over the future of the Democratic Party, which Rieckhoff argues is run by a generation of "establishment leaders and grifters."
After lawmakers refused to close the state’s primaries, Republican leaders in another state turned to federal court—joining a broader campaign to exclude independent voters from taxpayer-funded elections.
On Meet the Press, Open Primaries President John Opdycke explained that the country's political extremes are thriving because party primaries reward small ideological electorates while treating independent voters like outsiders.
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact offers a state-based way to break the swing-state cartel, weaken minority rule, and make every presidential vote count.
A court challenge failed. Now Massachusetts voters will decide whether to open the state’s insider-driven primaries to all voters, all candidates, and real competition.
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