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Just How Libertarian is the Johnson-Weld Ticket?
The unpopularity of the two presumptive nominees this November has left many voters looking for alternatives. Currently, the alternative candidate receiving the most support is former New Mexico Gover ...
10 Jun, 2016
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#NeverTrump Senator Ben Sasse Considers Supporting Gary Johnson
While the Republican Party is trying to unify its members behind the party's presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, there are some GOP lawmakers, consultants, and politicos who are still holding on t ...
06 Jun, 2016
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Independent Parties Join Forces to End Two-Party Hold on Presidential Elections
6/1/2016 - The United Independent Party of Massachusetts has reached an agreement in principle to join with the Independent Party of Oregon and the Independence Party of Minnesota as a co-founder of a ...
04 Jun, 2016
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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 ...
25 May, 2016
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Gary Johnson Just Became a Serious Presidential Contender
The Daily Caller (TheDC) reported Thursday that billionaire David Koch has pledged "tens of millions of dollars" to support Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson in the 2016 election. T ...
19 May, 2016
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States with the Best, Worst Turnouts in the 2016 Primaries
As of May 10th, 2016, more than 75% of states have held either presidential primaries or caucuses. FairVote has compiled the number of votes casts in state primaries for each candidate to this po ...
16 May, 2016
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Minimum Wage, the Constitution, and the Long Fight for Popular Control Over the Economy
On April 4, the governors of California and New York signed off on legislation raising their state’s minimum wages to $15 per hour. While the public may disagree about the merits of this mea ...
29 Apr, 2016
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Corruption, Super PACs, and Why the Media Hasn't Covered Democracy Spring
Twenty-nine seconds: according to Lee Fang and Zaid Jilani of The Intercept, this is how much time cable news networks Fox News and MSNBC devoted to daytime and afternoon TV coverage of ...
20 Apr, 2016
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Who Has Endorsed Donald Trump?
Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump is dominating the GOP field right now, despite the fact that few took his candidacy seriously when he launched his campaign last summer. His anti-esta ...
01 Mar, 2016
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Millions of Voters Disenfranchised on Super 'Undemocratic' Tuesday
Super Tuesday (March1) is one of the most heavily covered events in the presidential election process. With over a dozen contests and a quarter of the delegates up for grabs on the Democrati ...
01 Mar, 2016
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