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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 ...
03 Nov, 2013
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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 ...
29 Oct, 2013
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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 ...
24 Oct, 2013
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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 ...
23 Oct, 2013
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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 ...
14 Oct, 2013
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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 ...
16 Sep, 2013
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Multi-Member Districts in NH a National Model for Equal Gender Representation
Zack Frank / shutterstock.comNew Hampshire proves to be one of the more innovative states in its electoral process.In its House of Representatives, districts are allotted a number of representatives ...
04 Sep, 2013
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Nonprofit Organizations Significantly Increase Voter Turnout
Nonprofit VOTE examined the impact of nonprofit organizations on voter behavior within seven states in an August 2013 study. It found that those contacted by a nonprofit organization -- in regards to ...
21 Aug, 2013
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Cory Booker Wins Landslide Victory with 9 Percent Voter Turnout
Source: Wall Street JournalVoter turnout in the New Jersey special election primary last night was higher than expected, with over 300,000 people casting their ballots on a rainy day in the middle of ...
14 Aug, 2013
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Beyond the Headlines: The Week of August 13, 2013
Dear IVN Readers,While much of the mainstream media is covering the same old stories with tired talking points, check out some of the discussions on IVN, like:The Alternative Minimum Tax is ...
13 Aug, 2013
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