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10 Names Behind Money In Politics You Don't Know
There are basically five ways for money to flow into politics; well, six if you include the revolving door -- oh wait -- there's also the spousal side door and family back door — so that makes seve...
Over 33% of Population Lives in a State Where Gay Marriage is Legal
Last week, both Illinois and Hawaii passed same-sex marriage making them the 15th and 16th states to do so. Overall, 2013 has been quite a year for the LGBT community. These last two states just seem ...
4 Ways Independent Voters Can Be More Independent
Independent voters like to do their thinking outside the narrow confines of false dichotomies and established paradigms. They don’t like their choices made for them, they’re weary of a deba...
15 States Now Legally Recognize Gay Marriages
While much focus was put on the major gubernatorial and mayoral races across the nation on Tuesday, Illinois lawmakers approved the legalization of same-sex marriage. The law will go before Governor P...
Christie Todd Whitman Supports Open Primaries, Inclusive Politics
Two-term New Jersey Governor Christie Todd Whitman has never been a typical Republican. As one of the most recognizable faces in the GOP during the 1990s, she was a speculated Vice Presidential candid...
Who Are the Top 5 Politicians on Instagram?
From Lo-Fi to Mayfair, Instagram is no longer run by culture starved hipsters and #foodporn sharing Yelpers. Politicians, past and present, are signing on to the photo sharing app as a way to personal...
30 Reasons Why Independent Voters Are Not a Myth
Political scientists and party pollsters run with a common narrative: Independent voters are a myth."We think of them as closet partisans who act in almost indistinguishable ways to those who identify...
Dismal 24% Turnout in New Jersey Senate Race Sets New Record Low
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW9qW-7WETo When Cory Booker became the newest member of Congress last week after winning New Jersey’s special senatorial election, he joined a legislative body that was...
Voters Forced to Choose between Lesser of Two Evils in NJ Senate Race
New Jersey’s special Senate election, one of the most controversial and high profile races in the country, is now nearing its much-anticipated conclusion. In less than 24 hours, Garden State voters w...
Syria and 2016
Few people have been talking about how the Syrian conflict will affect the 2016 presidential elections, but there is a high chance that it will. Regardless of this new agreement between the United Sta...