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New Survey Shows Overwhelming Favorability for Ranked Choice Voting in Federal Elections
New Survey Shows Overwhelming Favorability for Ranked Choice Voting in Federal Elections
A new survey from the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation (PPC) shows that most Americans favor using ranked choice voting in federal elections with three or more candidates. ...
20 Apr, 2022
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3 min read
It’s Not A Nightmare If You ‘Wake Up to Politics’
It’s Not A Nightmare If You ‘Wake Up to Politics’
Gabe Fleisher, the founder of Wake Up to Politics, joins host T.J. O’Hara on Deconstructed to talk about delivering political news in a meaningful and unbiased way. Mr. Fleisher is a bit of a politica ...
20 Apr, 2022
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2 min read
Would Term Limits for the House and Senate Encourage Bipartisanship?
Would Term Limits for the House and Senate Encourage Bipartisanship?
Editor's Note: The pieces below feature two sides to the debate on term limits from Jonathan Simpson and Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson. These perspectives originally published on Divided We Fall and have ...
12 Apr, 2022
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17 min read
New Bill Calls For Fairer Elections in California Recall Process
New Bill Calls For Fairer Elections in California Recall Process
California voters could soon see major systemic changes made to the state’s recall process for governor. A new bill introduced in the California Legislature would change how candidates qualify for the ...
05 Apr, 2022
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7 min read
Believe It or Not, Some CA Dems and FL Republicans Agree on Something: Banning Ranked Choice Voting
Believe It or Not, Some CA Dems and FL Republicans Agree on Something: Banning Ranked Choice Voting
It doesn’t seem like there is much these days that can unite Republicans and Democrats. However, one thing both parties have consistently agreed on is that nothing should threaten their grip on power. ...
10 Mar, 2022
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14 min read
Migration: A Way to Escape Government Barriers Inside and Out
Migration: A Way to Escape Government Barriers Inside and Out
Ilya Somin, Professor of Law at George Mason University, and the author of Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom, joins host T.J. O’Hara on Deconstructed to explore migration bet ...
09 Mar, 2022
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3 min read
SOTU: Biden Calls on Congress to Save a Democracy Under Assault
SOTU: Biden Calls on Congress to Save a Democracy Under Assault
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished in its entirety on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍President Biden gave Ukraine top billing and sai ...
03 Mar, 2022
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4 min read
Tennessee General Assembly Votes to Ban Ranked Choice Voting
Tennessee General Assembly Votes to Ban Ranked Choice Voting
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher. ‍Alternative voting systems have been making inroads across the ...
15 Feb, 2022
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3 min read
Your Big-Tech Dystopian Nightmare Has Arrived! (Investigative Journalist Geoff Cain Interview)
Your Big-Tech Dystopian Nightmare Has Arrived! (Investigative Journalist Geoff Cain Interview)
(Interview Begins at 15:30)Geoff Cain's new book, The Perfect Police State, details how the Chinese Communist Party is already operating a high-tech system in the Xinjiang region able to congeal all t ...
15 Feb, 2022
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1 min read
Ranked Choice Voting In NYC: More Choice, Greater Diversity, and Better Representation
Ranked Choice Voting In NYC: More Choice, Greater Diversity, and Better Representation
On this episode of Toppling the Duopoly, host Shawn Griffiths welcomes back FairVote Senior Analyst Deb Otis to discuss a new report she co-authored on the impact ranked choice voting had on New York ...
07 Feb, 2022
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1 min read