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Cruz Leads in Wisconsin; But Infighting May Turn State Blue
Cruz Leads in Wisconsin; But Infighting May Turn State Blue
Wisconsin has long been an important battleground state in the modern election cycles for president. Its 10 electoral votes prove critical in most pathways to victory, but an important twist is happen ...
01 Apr, 2016
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'Two Parties, One Winner' Shouldn't Override 'One Person, One Vote'
'Two Parties, One Winner' Shouldn't Override 'One Person, One Vote'
On Monday, the Supreme Court of the Unites States heard oral arguments in the case of Wittman v. Personhuballah, to decide whether Virginia lawmakers unlawfully considered race while redrawing co ...
25 Mar, 2016
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Gary Johnson Receives Huge Endorsement in Bid for Libertarian Nomination
Gary Johnson Receives Huge Endorsement in Bid for Libertarian Nomination
Gary Johnson’s bid for the Libertarian Party nomination continues to pick up steam after an endorsement from a key party official this week. William Redpath, a Virginia native, has spent years pr ...
18 Mar, 2016
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Montana GOP: You Have to Join a Party to Vote
Montana GOP: You Have to Join a Party to Vote
The Great Falls Tribune reported Friday that Montana Republicans filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of the United States to close the June 7 primary to registered party members only.&nbs ...
14 Mar, 2016
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Voice of the People: Americans Not Sold on Defense Spending Increase
Voice of the People: Americans Not Sold on Defense Spending Increase
WASHINGTON, March 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Barack Obama and leading Republican presidential candidates have called for increasing defense spending. However, given the opportun ...
09 Mar, 2016
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Millions of Voters Disenfranchised on Super 'Undemocratic' Tuesday
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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Maryland State Senator Proposes Independent, Multi-Member Congressional Districts
Maryland State Senator Proposes Independent, Multi-Member Congressional Districts
Maryland state Senator Jamie Raskin is at the forefront of the state's efforts to end partisan gerrymandering and enact fundamental election reform. In a state that has been called one of the mos ...
22 Feb, 2016
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Nearly 4 Million Americans Don’t Have the Right to Vote for President
Nearly 4 Million Americans Don’t Have the Right to Vote for President
Currently the United States owns five inhabited island territories. The citizens of four of them -- Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands -- are all US citizens ...
19 Feb, 2016
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Jim Webb Announces He Will Not Be Seeking Independent Bid for President
Jim Webb Announces He Will Not Be Seeking Independent Bid for President
Former Democratic U.S. Senator from Virginia and Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb announced on Thursday that he has decided against sparking an independent campaign for president of the United Stat ...
16 Feb, 2016
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OPINION: Debunking the Lesser-of-Two-Evils Voting Theory
OPINION: Debunking the Lesser-of-Two-Evils Voting Theory
Anyone who has ever supported a third-party presidential candidate in an election has likely had to defend their decision from partisans who endorse the lesser-of-two-evils voter theory. By the l ...
05 Feb, 2016
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