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In the Massachusetts 2013 special election, voter turnout statewide marked a record low at only 27 percent. While special elections typically struggle to attract voter interest, last year was particul ...

On May 4, Massachusetts independent candidate for U.S. Senate, Bruce Skarin, kicked off his campaign and 1,000-mile #Walk4Democracy with a talk titled, “Citizenship in a Republic.” The same title as a ...

The way we elect the president and vice president in the U.S. is quite unique compared to the way we elect every other elected office. We don't elect them directly. Instead, we vote for electors who t ...

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. – Thomas EdisonTo win a political race, it’s not enough to be right ab ...

Each generation has its crisis. Past generations had to fight against colonial rule, slavery, and world tyranny. Others had to rally for women’s suffrage and equal civil rights. In each case, the stee ...

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”—Thomas Jefferson When he wrote these words to William Stephens Smith in November of 1787, Thomas ...

In the GOP’s attempt to retake the Senate in 2014 the way they reclaimed the House 4 years earlier there are already several authentic battleground states from Alaska to Louisiana. New Hampshire is no ...

“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.”  ~Abraham LincolnThe political scientist Juan Enriquez has observed th ...

"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer."John F. Kennedy spoke these words in 1958 regarding the political challenges faced in America. Kennedy called for ...

For the past decade we have seen a steady erosion of representative democracy. The modern day arms race among powerful interests, which accelerated when poorly designed campaign finance reform was ove ...