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Google Searches for Third Party Candidates Skyrocket after Trump's RNC Speech
Google Searches for Third Party Candidates Skyrocket after Trump's RNC Speech
As the 2016 Republican National Convention wrapped up Thursday, one aspect was clear: Americans are increasingly looking for alternative candidates outside of the two-party duopoly. According to Googl ...
22 Jul, 2016
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Just How Libertarian is the Johnson-Weld Ticket?
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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2016 Primary Results Indicate Many Independents Are Not Moderates
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 ...
19 May, 2016
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FairVote Joins Lawsuit to Open Presidential Debates
FairVote Joins Lawsuit to Open Presidential Debates
For two decades, the Commission on Presidential Debates has excluded every candidate from the general election presidential and vice-presidential debates but two: the nominees of the Republican and De ...
15 Apr, 2016
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Here's How The Presidential Candidates Are Doing with the National Popular Vote
Here's How The Presidential Candidates Are Doing with the National Popular Vote
Our updated blog on the more than 600,000 votes cast for withdrawn candidates includes a spreadsheet where we show the total votes earned by all the Republican and Democratic candi ...
31 Mar, 2016
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With Re-Election Coming Up, Washington Superdelegates May Have to Defect from Clinton Camp
With Re-Election Coming Up, Washington Superdelegates May Have to Defect from Clinton Camp
All in all, my political predictions in February and March are holding fairly true, but what no one could have predicted was the blowout wins Sanders has had in the last 5 contests in the Mo ...
28 Mar, 2016
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Is Hillary Inevitable Again?
Is Hillary Inevitable Again?
The answer to the question in the title is “yes.” For all but about two weeks of the past four years, she has been the inevitable 2016 Democratic nominee. For about a week after the Iowa caucuses, and ...
16 Mar, 2016
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Jill Stein: Democratic Party Has Track Record of Sabotaging Reformers Like Sanders
Jill Stein: Democratic Party Has Track Record of Sabotaging Reformers Like Sanders
argues that “he Democratic Party has a very clear track record of sabotaging rebels."In a recent interview with Katie Herzog from Grist, Green Party presidential candidate Jill SteinStein i ...
15 Mar, 2016
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Independent Voters are Defying Pollsters, Party Establishment in 2016 Primaries
Independent Voters are Defying Pollsters, Party Establishment in 2016 Primaries
If anything can be said about the current presidential primary season, it's been dramatic -- from Trump swaying the GOP electorate with blustering rhetoric to the tight contest between Sanders and Cli ...
15 Mar, 2016
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Reality Check: Democrats Have a Major Superdelegate Problem
Reality Check: Democrats Have a Major Superdelegate Problem
Reality Check: Democrats Have a Super-Delegate ProblemReality Check: Democrats Have a Super-Delegate ProblemPosted by Ben Swann on Thursday, March 10, 2016The Democratic Party has a problem: superde ...
11 Mar, 2016
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