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Energy experts now say that the “Rebirth of the Rust Belt” may emancipate the United States from much of its oil dependency by the year 2020, with states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan on the front line. The International Energy Agency released a study that suggests the US will surpass Saudi Arabia’s title as the world’s largest oil producer in less than a decade, with a process known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” which has put oil and natural gas output on a striking rise.

Although battleground Ohio went to President Obama by roughly 2 percentage points in the general election, Republicans secured spots in the US House of Representatives with an overwhelming majority. The state’s Republican administration is being widely criticized for, what some are calling, exploiting the redistricting process to get there. In twelve of the state’s sixteen districts, or three-quarters of Ohio’s representation in the House, Republicans won in apparent landslides, with Democrats

The Ron Paul 2012 Revolution supporters might have delivered some revenge for being shunned in Tampa, as a close look exit polls reveal the group could have carried Romney to victory. It’s unclear how many Paul supporters chose to cast votes for Romney in battleground states, but after the Republican National Convention, a number of staunch supporters within the Ron Paul Revolution Army vowed to never cast a vote for Romney. The election result totals show the loss of Ron Paul supporters may ha

Since Obama won reelection a week ago, the White House website has been flooded with petitions from citizens in various states wanting their states to secede from the union.  It is important to note that these are not official petitions by the state governments but rather petitions started by individual citizens. The threat of secession is nothing new in the United States.  It seems that after any election, people want their states to secede so that they don't have to live under a leader they d

Credit: ABC "Ohio" became a four letter word this election cycle. Between the heavy news coverage, endless candidate visits, and unstopppable political ads, Ohioans can't so much as view the latest hillarious cat-themed internet video without being bombarded with political mortars. Ohio was a key state in the election, every voter with a pulse knows that, and so every politician. But what is really going on in Ohio? Is this a state that has grown fat and lazy off of the collective attention of

Photo: J. Scott Applewhite On Wednesday, Majority leader in the House, John Boehner (R-Ohio), held a press conference where he remarked that House Republicans were ready and willing to work with the president to tackle the ominous fiscal cliff problem. Republicans have been unwavering in their opposition to allowing tax cuts to expire for any income bracket, whereas the president’s proposal requires those making over $250,000 return to Clinton-era tax rates, an increase of 3 and 4.6 percent, re

Atif Cheema/The Daily Northwestern Young people may have sealed President Obama’s re-election, according to a series of post-election tallies. While there was concern about the political interest of voters aged 18 to 29, this demographic came out to the polls in record numbers Tuesday. According to a Gallup Poll published in July, only 58 percent of registered young voters in the United States said they would "definitely vote" in the 2012 election. This statistic was well below the 78 percent

Credit: LA Times It’s time to begin the discussion on how to effectively and securely host a national online election. This year America was confronted with many harsh realities about the mechanisms we have in place and the deceptively frail infrastructure we have built to ensure that our citizens are able to exercise their most-important right as Americans. All Americans are aware of the devastation that Hurricane Sandy caused along the eastern seaboard and as far West as Ohio. The storm has

President Obama wins Florida with 49.9 percent of the popular vote, taking the state's 29 electoral votes. The race was close, with only a 47,028 vote difference according to The Washington Post. [Editor's Update: Click here to read why IVN called Florida for Obama] Florida was the last state to be called, due in part to long lines at some polling locations and absentee ballots that needed to be counted in such a close race. According to Huffington Post, Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Pene

Ohio Issue 2 results show an overwhelming defeat on Tuesday, with voters opposing the redistricting attempts by a 64-36 percent margin. If passed, Ohio Issue 2 would have changed the process for redistricting state legislative and congressional maps by amending the Ohio Constitution. Issue 2 aimed to prevent elected officials from sitting on the redistricting commission and proposed an independently commissioned panel. The failure of Issue 2 to pass comes as a victory to the Republican party, w