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32 states have previously put the right for same-sex couples to receive civil marriages to a popular vote, and 32 times the measures were voted down. Yesterday, however, three states became the first to successfully pass ballot measures to make gay marriage legal: Maryland, Maine, and Washington. Maryland’s proposition passed with close approval, at 52%. The measure’s passage is consistent with pre-election polling. The Maryland State legislature approved same-sex marriage in February of 2012,

While America voted for president, states across the nation voted on social issues, with same-sex marriage on the ballot in Maryland, Maine, Washington, and Minnesota. While widely ignored by the presidential candidates, America displayed a broad acceptance for previously rejected social issues in Tuesday's election, with all four states making history as same-sex marriage laws passed in three states, and an amendment defining marriage in heterosexual terms failed in Minnesota. In Maryland, vot

[Update 8:18 PM PST] IVN.us announces Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term. [Update 8:17 PM PST] CNN projects President Barack Obama will win re-election by taking the state of Ohio. [Update 8:15 PM PST] With the projection of Oregon going to Obama, statistically speaking it is very unlikely Romney will be able to pull off a victory because one more state will put the president over the top. CNN also projects Missouri to be carried by Mitt Romney. -- [Update 8:10 PM PST] Th

Credit: Minnesota Public Radio Governor Gary Johnson is making a big push to collect five percent of the national vote in today’s general election. If he does so, the Libertarian Party will secure millions of dollars in public campaign funding for 2016. Gary Johnson is the former Governor of New Mexico who won both of his gubernatorial elections by 9 percent or more. Gov. Johnson had the highest home-state favorability rating of any Republican presidential candidate when he was running under th

Mitt Romney has been appealing to four blue-leaning states much more aggressively this week, launching ads totaling $1.8 million in Minnesota and New Mexico this past Wednesday. In an attempt to “buy” the traditionally Democratic states, the pro-Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future has been dumping money into advertising in these crucial states. PAC and Super PAC money has been flowing freely in a last minute attempt to gain with undecided voters. In a tit-for-tat of funding, every state in whic

Photo: Lannie Waters The presidential hopefuls are getting help from big players in their respective parties in the next couple days. President Obama is relying heavily on the charisma of former President Bill Clinton in the last days of campaigning, particularly in states that remain most uncertain. This past week alone, Clinton has visited Iowa, Colorado, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Ohio, and Jeb Bush offerred his time and words to former Governor Romney. Clinton made his rounds

(Credit: Gage Skidmore) Fifteen months after winning the Iowa Straw Poll in August 2011, Minnesota US Representative Michele Bachmann may be on the ropes in the Sixth District. A recent poll from the Minneapolis Star Tribune shows Bachmann leading her Democratic opponent, hotel executive Jim Graves, by a margin of 51-45. Not an insignificant lead, but for an incumbent with national name recognition in a solidly Republican district, Bachmann's lead is tenuous. Bachmann, first elected to the US

Photo: Richard Sennott Four states have same-sex marriage on ballots this election, with voters in those states nearly split evenly on the issue. Citizens in Maryland, Washington, Maine, and Minnesota will choose whether or not to recognize same-sex marriage on Election Day. President Obama has weighed in on the issue and publicly stated his support of same-sex marriage. The national campaign director for Freedom to Marry, Marc Solomon, noted the importance of the president's support and its po

(Photo: ABC News) While there is no mathematical formula for calculating partisanship, both party-line voting and ideology were considered in finding the ten most partisan members of Congress. In determining a Republican's partisanship, his score from the American Conservative Union (ACU) and the percentage of the time that he voted with his party, according to OpenCongress.org, were factored. For example, an ACU annual score of 95% or higher and voting with the party at least 96% of the time

Credit: New York Times / Monica Almeida This Sunday, an event is going to take place that is designed to alter the ideas of Americans regarding the First Amendment, the presidential candidates, and the Internal Revenue Service. A group called the Alliance for Defending Freedom (ADF) is sponsoring Pulpit Freedom Day and it has occurred every year since 2008. Behind the 2012 effort is Pastor Jim Garlow of Skyline Wesleyan Church in suburban San Diego and the target is the Johnson Amendment. Pas