Is a vote for an independent or third-party candidate a wasted vote? Is it fair to accuse a candidate not running with major party backing of being a “spoiler”
1. Ralph Nader criticizes the use of "spoiler" to describe independent and third-party candidates and how the major parties treat these candidates to maintain their dominance in
It’s been a busy month on the privacy front.
For starters, word got out on August 5 that Russian hackers stole 1.2 billion usernames and passwords across several
In Slate’s Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon admitted that judicial elections seemed to be the “most ignorant kind of voting” citizens engage in since “almost none of us know who
Following a turbulent primary, the general election for Michigan's 3rd Congressional District may be shaping up to be surprisingly civil in tone.
On August 5, U.S. Rep.
The Kansas secretary of state announced on Friday that independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman is officially certified for the November ballot.Kansas law requires independents to gather at
1. The Open Primary Initiative in Oregon has raised over $1 million.
"Despite the donations, the measure faces stiff opposition. “Both parties have come out against it,” Henderson said.
With growing concern over the situation in Iraq, it brings relatively recent and prolonged combat in the Middle East into the hearts and minds of U.S. citizens. Not to
In the past, party affiliation was beneficial for presidential candidates when it came to getting elected. Republicans and Democrats may likely have a team favorite: perhaps George H.W. Bush
1. Independents and major parties are responding to primary system in Arizona now that independents are the largest voting bloc.
"They long ago surpassed Democrats and this year they
I really dropped the ball on this one by not following up sooner. In March, I posted the story about a young man, Jordan Wiser, who had been arrested for
Americans have long been presented with a false choice when it comes to social welfare. People can either expose themselves to the capriciousness of free markets and whimsical private “charity”
