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Jill Stein's Ballot Access Campaign Gets Major Boost from Bernie Defectors
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 ...
02 Aug, 2016
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4 min read
Tracking the Candidates: Current Electoral College Rules Mean Most Americans Ignored
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 ...
01 Aug, 2016
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5 min read
Why Tim Kaine Was The Safe, Smart VP Pick
Why Tim Kaine Was The Safe, Smart VP Pick
Tim Kaine is as vanilla middle as you can get. -- Robert Reich 7/24/2016In Robert Reich's op-ed on Sunday, he questioned whether Hillary Clinton 'got it' when it came to selecting Senator Tim Kai ...
27 Jul, 2016
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7 min read
Bernie Sanders Gets Roll Call Vote at DNC
Bernie Sanders Gets Roll Call Vote at DNC
Philadelphia, Penn. - Bernie Sanders' name will be placed in nomination and there will be a full roll-call vote on the Democratic National Convention (DNC) floor Tuesday night.The move comes foll ...
26 Jul, 2016
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Republican Turnout Spikes in Open Primaries; Democratic Turnout Drops
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 ...
22 Jul, 2016
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7 min read
When the Most Meaningful Sentiments are Publicly Booed
When the Most Meaningful Sentiments are Publicly Booed
I despise Ted Cruz's politics. I have to get that out in the beginning because I'm going to spend the rest of this piece singing his praises for last night's performance at the RNC.The fact that he co ...
21 Jul, 2016
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Despite Calls for Transparency, Taxpayer Supported Organizers Refuse to Disclose Funders Until after Party Conventions
Despite Calls for Transparency, Taxpayer Supported Organizers Refuse to Disclose Funders Until after Party Conventions
The Democratic and Republican national conventions will take place later this month, but as the attention shifts to issues like possible vice presidential picks and weekend entertainmen ...
13 Jul, 2016
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4 min read
6 Overlooked Facts You May Not Know about U.S. Presidential Elections
6 Overlooked Facts You May Not Know about U.S. Presidential Elections
It's looking more and more like at least 3 presidential candidates will win electoral votes this cycle, something that hasn't happened since 1988 when Lloyd Bentsen received one electoral vote from fa ...
30 Jun, 2016
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Everett Stern: From Commercial Bank Whistleblower to Independent Senate Candidate
Everett Stern: From Commercial Bank Whistleblower to Independent Senate Candidate
Most media news outlets are calling this year’s Pennsylvania Senate race one of the most competitive this election season. Politico ranks incumbent Pat Toomey’s seat (R-PA) as the 5th most likely to s ...
29 Jun, 2016
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Seeking Exposure, Third Party Candidates Begin Appearing in Presidential Polls
Seeking Exposure, Third Party Candidates Begin Appearing in Presidential Polls
A recent poll shows that presumptive nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have record-high unfavorability ratings: 55 percent and 70 percent, respectively. Yet despite their unpopularity, th ...
20 Jun, 2016
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3 min read