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A Spot on the Ballot: Alternative Candidates, the Supreme Court, and the Long Fight for Inclusive Elections (Part 1 of 2)
Ballot Access in Historical ContextOver the last several decades, the percentage of Americans who self-identify as independents has climbed to above 40 percent while attachment to the Democratic ...
Jill Stein's Ballot Access Campaign Gets Major Boost from Bernie Defectors
Green Party signature coordinators across the country are reporting an influx of Bernie Sanders supporters to the Greens' campaign. How far the new momentum will take the party in the 2...
Tracking the Candidates: Current Electoral College Rules Mean Most Americans Ignored
In the weeks since the California primary, when Hillary Clinton joined Donald Trump in becoming her party’s presumptive nominee for president, FairVote has tracked both candidates’ campaign appearance...
Republican Turnout Spikes in Open Primaries; Democratic Turnout Drops
FairVote has compiled and analyzed state-by-state data on voter turnout for the 2016 presidential primaries. Released today, it reviews trends in voter turnout nationally since 2000, as well...
Closed Primaries are Less Inclusive than Soviet Era Politics
I grew up in a country where most elections were fixed, voting made no difference, and the political process was a dull affair run by a party whose politics were as odious as its leaders. In that coun...
Despite What You've Heard, 2016 Was Not a Historic Year in Primary Turnout
This year’s presidential primaries began with a flurry of unconventional occurrences. A double-digit candidate count for the Republican Party, a political revolution, and daily Twitter attacks br...
Democratic Parties in 19 States Vote in Favor of Superdelegate Reform
To date, seventeen Democratic State Conventions, one legislative district convention, and one county convention have voted to either abolish or reform superdelegates.Following frustration voiced ...
GOP Party Leaders Consider Shutting Out Independents in More Primaries
Republican Party leaders reportedly started deliberations this week over changes to the way the GOP nominates its presidential candidates. The New York Times reports that after the chaos witnesse...
#NeverTrump Movement Struggles in Search for New Presidential Candidate
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are both rather unpopular. How unpopular? According to one recent poll, 52 percent of the public views Clinton unfavorably, and 55 percent view...
2016 Primary Results Indicate Many Independents Are Not Moderates
By sheer statistical coincidence, the percentage of Americans who self-identify as independents (approximately 40 percent) is nearly identical to the percentage of Americans who self-identify as moder...