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Miami Herald: "Everyone Deserves a Vote, Even in the Primary"
MIAMI, FLA. - The Miami Heard published an editorial Sunday, stating that Florida should adopt open primary reform as the closed primary "contributes to the deep partisan divide we see in Florida and ...
19 Nov, 2018
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Ranked Choice Voting Is Already Fixing The Sky High Incumbency Rate in Congress
Congress has had abysmally low approval ratings– which have averaged well below 40%– since the 1970s, years before the first millennial was even born yet. Since 2008 Congress' approval ratings have av ...
16 Nov, 2018
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The Uses of Independent Power: What Happened on Election Day and Why
This is my post-election column where I analyze the impact of independent voters who came out in force last Tuesday, almost 34 million of us. Huge. The stats and takeaways are at the end of this colum ...
14 Nov, 2018
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The Art of Debate: Five Ways to Make Political Discussions More Useful (And Enjoyable)
Political debate online is all too often far too cancerous to be of any good to anybody, including most of all, the fully grown adults who are probably very nice, normal, intelligent, and rational peo ...
13 Nov, 2018
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Hillary Clinton's Chief Strategist: She's Running in 2020 – But to Settle a Score, Not for The People
In a Monday appearance on Fox and Friends, Hillary Clinton's former chief strategist said: "Do not underestimate Hillary’s positioning to run again. Clintons never stop until they get where they want ...
12 Nov, 2018
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AZ Senate Race Still Too Close to Call; Media Calls Green Party Candidate A "Spoiler"
The Arizona Senate race is a real nail biter.Over 48 hours after the polls closed in Arizona: "Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema leads Republican Rep. Martha McSally by only a few thousand votes in a rac ...
09 Nov, 2018
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Sessions Ouster Clears The Way for Federal Marijuana Legalization
Attorney General Jeff Sessions' resignation from his post this week at the behest of the president was a cherry on top of another string of wins for the marijuana legalization movement in America.Alth ...
09 Nov, 2018
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Gary Johnson Could Have Won His Senate Race If New Mexico Had Ranked Choice Voting
The New Mexico Senate Race this year was by far the best chance the Libertarian Party has ever had of getting a seat in the U.S. Congress, and in the Senate no less.In this race the nation's third lar ...
08 Nov, 2018
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A Review of "An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back"
Elisabeth Rosenthal accomplishes the seemingly impossible: she’s created a digestible and oftentimes heartfelt guide to the American health care system. Statistical analyses, facts, and financial data ...
08 Nov, 2018
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New Faces For San Diego City Council, County Board Of Supervisors
San Diego, Calif.- It appears City of San Diego voters made history last night.Never before have two city council incumbents lost on an election night.In fact, the last time an incumbent lost was 1992 ...
07 Nov, 2018
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