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After Traveling 14K Miles, Independent POTUS Candidate Learns One Crucial Truth About America
The spirit of America is strong; the state of our union is fragile.That is my conclusion after 100 days driving 14,128 miles through 34 states as an independent candidate for President of the United S ...
30 Dec, 2015
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9 min read
5 Common Sense Solutions to Fixing Our Broken Primary System
The primary system suppresses the democratic process and it’s important that we take a look at fixing this. Despite what we get from the media coverage, we must remember that the primary election ...
14 Dec, 2015
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3 min read
Team Bush Has Spent $20 Million on TV Ads So Far
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and supporters have now spent roughly $20 million toward assaulting the airwaves thus far in the 2016 presidential race -- more than twice as much as any other candida ...
19 Nov, 2015
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1 min read
Does Latest Defense Bill Mean Guantanamo Will Stay Open Indefinitely?
One of Obama’s most prominent campaign pledges included a promise to close Guantanamo Bay. The prison camp has housed hundreds of prisoners in the war on terror since 2002, acting as a location to bot ...
16 Nov, 2015
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5 Presidential Candidates Who Embellished the Truth About Their Past
The questions Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is currently facing about a supposed full scholarship to West Point is a reminder that politicians have historically embellished or outright ...
09 Nov, 2015
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7 Ways Ranked Choice Voting Can Empower Your Voice in Elections
Election Day 2015 has come and gone, and voters in cities in six states again found that they were not limited to marking only one candidate, but had the ability to rank the candidates in order of cho ...
05 Nov, 2015
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7 min read
As In Sports, Home Field Advantage Goes A Long Way in Presidential Politics
As is usually the case in the months leading up to presidential primaries, national focus has centered around polling in early primary states to determine which candidates are soaring and which are ta ...
04 Nov, 2015
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Marco Rubio: The True Front-Runner of the GOP?
Despite Donald Trump's consistent lead in most polls and Ben Carson's lead in Iowa polls, another Republican presidential candidate is increasingly being called a front-runner by the press.Ross D ...
02 Nov, 2015
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3 min read
OPINION: Nobody Wants to be The 'Next Nader'
If you are a political guru, you might want to watch An Unreasonable Man. The film covers the rise and fall of America’s most vociferous and successful consumer advocate, Ralph Nader, during his ...
26 Oct, 2015
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5 min read
One Year Later: 6 Reflections of an Independent Author
I have been writing for IVN since the summer of 2014. Though my academic background is in political science, I can confidently say I have learned more about American politics in this one year ...
03 Sep, 2015
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14 min read