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Dems Shout 'Shame' after LGBT Amendment Fails, But Fail to Turnout Votes to Pass It
Amendment 30 to H.R. 4974 was defeated by one vote Thursday night, a measure that would have increased protections to LBGT workers of companies who contract with the government.Democrats chanted 'Sham...
2016 Primary Results Indicate Many Independents Are Not Moderates
By sheer statistical coincidence, the percentage of Americans who self-identify as independents (approximately 40 percent) is nearly identical to the percentage of Americans who self-identify as moder...
Falsas Promesas de los partidos politicos a la población latina provoca incremento en registro independiente
La comunidad latina es una de las comunidades de mayor crecimiento en Estados Unidos, de acuerdo al Centro de Investigación Pew. Esto significa que los votantes latinos no sólo están reformando la dem...
Independents Weigh Disappointment with Obama, Disapproval of Trump ahead of Fall Election
In the aftermath of the departures of both U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio from the Republican presidential primary contest, the public’s attention is now beginning to shift t...
Primaries: A Major Party Failure Is A Third Party Opportunity
Let’s be clear here. Major-party primaries in the US are absurd.Parties in most countries select their nominees privately and pay for it on their own dime. That’s not surprising either considering tha...
New Bill Would Open Presidential Primaries to Independents in New York
New legislation introduced in the New York Assembly would change the way the state conducts its presidential primary elections. The bill would allow "undeclared voters" (independents) to par...
Candidatos para la Procuraduría de San Diego hablaron con IVP sobre el Derecho al Voto en la Elección General
San Diego's Primary Might Be the Only Opportunity to VoteFew voters know the extent to which the partisan establishment has rigged the rules, even in nonpartisan local races, to reduce competition....
SCOTUS Unanimously Rules That Every Citizen Deserves Equal Representation, Not Just Voters
In a unanimous 8-0 decision Monday, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional principle of “one person, one vote,” meaning that Texas will continue to count the total population – rather than j...
New Ted Cruz Foreign Policy Team May Be Good News for Trump
With the release of U.S Senator Ted Cruz's foreign policy team, the focus may be about to change in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.Cruz, whose 423 delegates come closest to Donald...
The GOP Donors Funding the #NeverTrump Movement
As Donald Trump steamrolls his GOP rivals in primary contests across the country, a new civil war is brewing within the GOP between his supporters and those who say simply, #NeverTrump.And as candidat...