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FairVote Report: 70 Statewide, Congressional 2024 Primaries Won with Less Than 50% of Vote

The nonpartisan voting reform group FairVote released a new report Monday that shows that 70 major party statewide and congressional candidates in the 2024 primary cycle advanced to the general election with less than 50% of the vote.

By Shawn Griffiths

September 23, 2024

FairVote Report: 70 Statewide, Congressional 2024 Primaries Won with Less Than 50% of Vote

Colorado Voters Appear Ready to Adopt More Choice Elections in November

A poll commissioned by Colorado Voters First shows that a clear majority (56%) of likely voters in Colorado will or probably will support Proposition 131, a measure that would implement a nonpartisan Top 4 primary with ranked choice voting in the general election.

By Shawn Griffiths

September 23, 2024

Colorado Voters Appear Ready to Adopt More Choice Elections in November

Can an Independent Navy Veteran and Mechanic Win Nebraska's US Senate Race?

In the latest episode of the Forward Podcast, Forward Party Co-Founder Andrew Yang talked with Dan Osborn, an independent candidate running for US Senate who is in a statistical dead-heat with incumbent US Senator Deb Fischer going into November.

By Shawn Griffiths

September 23, 2024

Can an Independent Navy Veteran and Mechanic Win Nebraska's US Senate Race?

Real or Exaggerated: Is the 2024 Election the Most Important in US History?

In the United States, elections–and the governments they produce–are lagging indicators of public sentiment. Elections simply provide a quantitative measure of what the voters believe. The governments that emerge from elections merely establish order and discipline with respect to those policies and

By Divided We Fall

September 23, 2024

Real or Exaggerated: Is the 2024 Election the Most Important in US History?

The November Election Is Going to Be Close -- It's Okay If We Don't Know the Winner on Election Night

Close and contested elections are a part of American history, and the upcoming presidential election will likely continue this tradition.

By David Nevins

September 19, 2024

The November Election Is Going to Be Close -- It's Okay If We Don't Know the Winner on Election Night

New Consumer Research: Most Americans Aren't as Divided As You Think; Say 'Significant' Political Reform is Needed

Part of the national narrative following a second attempt on former President Donald Trump's life has focused on the political divisions in the US, and rhetoric that people on both sides of the aisle now say needs to be "toned down."

By Shawn Griffiths

September 18, 2024

New Consumer Research: Most Americans Aren't as Divided As You Think; Say 'Significant' Political Reform is Needed

Bradley Tusk: Secure Mobile Voting Can End the Partisan Weaponization of Elections

Tusk Ventures Founder and CEO Bradley Tusk has been making his rounds both in the media and with nonpartisan reform groups to discuss his new book, "Vote with Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy," and the need to change incentives in US elections to guarantee less ext

By Shawn Griffiths

September 17, 2024

Bradley Tusk: Secure Mobile Voting Can End the Partisan Weaponization of Elections

Pew Research: TikTok Sees Substantial Growth in News Consumption the Same Year Lawmakers Voted to Ban It

The latest findings from Pew Research Center indicate that over a majority of Americans (54%) "at least sometimes" get their news from social media, which the group says is up slightly from recent years.

By Shawn Griffiths

September 17, 2024

Pew Research: TikTok Sees Substantial Growth in News Consumption the Same Year Lawmakers Voted to Ban It

Book Excerpt: An Ethicist Looks at Gun Control

The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, as part of the Bill of Rights, was placed in force on December 15, 1791: A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

By Carl Schowengerdt

September 17, 2024

Book Excerpt: An Ethicist Looks at Gun Control

Bill Maher: The Only Reason We Stay in Permanent Campaign Mode is Money

In the latest episode of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, comedian Bill Maher said Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign proves something about American politics...

By Shawn Griffiths

September 16, 2024

Bill Maher: The Only Reason We Stay in Permanent Campaign Mode is Money

Gary Marcus on AI Regulation: US Political System 'Wasn't Set Up to Push Through Things Effectively'

In the latest episode of the Forward Podcast, Forward Party Co-Founder Andrew Yang sat down with AI researcher and author Gary Marcus to discusses the dangers an unchecked generative AI industry has on consumers and US democracy.

By Shawn Griffiths

September 16, 2024

Gary Marcus on AI Regulation: US Political System 'Wasn't Set Up to Push Through Things Effectively'

Supervisora del Distrito 1 del Condado de San Diego: Se Espera que la Titular Gane la Reelección con Facilidad

La Supervisora del Condado de San Diego, Nora Vargas, se postula para un segundo mandato representando a los residentes del Distrito 1. Se enfrenta a Alejandro Galicia, quien no ha recaudado fondos, lo que le da a Vargas un camino extremadamente fácil hacia la reelección.

By Lorenzo Hernandez

September 15, 2024

Supervisora del Distrito 1 del Condado de San Diego: Se Espera que la Titular Gane la Reelección con Facilidad