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Nineteen years have passed since Angus King was elected Governor of Maine as an independent, sixteen since wrestler Jesse Ventura “shocked the world” by beating two well-funded rivals in Minnesota, an...

Numerous polls have revealed that there is widespread ignorance when it comes to politics. In 2012, a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center found that less than half of those surveyed knew where...

United Van Lines (UVL) is one of the largest moving companies in the United States. Each year since 1977, UVL has issued a study of interstate migration patterns. This study reports the share of outbo...

The transformations that candidates go through can be especially interesting in my home state, the Democratic stronghold of Massachusetts. Ever since Massachusetts was the only state won by Georg...

The Black Friday phenomenon that unofficially marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season began in the 1930's. Today, it has become a widespread tradition in America to get the best deals on pr...

As many are now growing very skeptical of the new health care law, and as its critics are now louder than ever, the Obama administration is moving fast and furiously to fix the Affordable Care Act."Ob...

 As we move into the ninth month of this campaign, there is an increasing amount of news about the large and growing numbers of independent voters. It should come as no surprise, given that the ...

There is a lot of money in politics, from local, to state, to federal elections. But some groups give a lot more to candidates and committees than others. Data was collected from the Center for R...

Jeffrey McCormick is the latest candidate to enter the 2014 gubernatorial election in Massachusetts. He is best known as the founder of Saturn Partners, a venture capitalist firm established in 1994 ...

"Power corrupts, and the prospect of losing power corrupts absolutely." - John P. RocheNext November, Americans will elect representatives to the 114th Congress. As of October 20, the current Congress...