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Third Party Campaigns Focus on 'Wasted Vote' Theory
Shutterstock Images LLCAt a time when more and more voters are declaring themselves independent and leaving the two main parties, third party candidates are facing the wasted vote dilemma. Not only d ...
30 Oct, 2012
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Voting for a Third Party Candidate: Not a Wasted Vote
Credit: pantheos.comAt a time when more and more voters are declaring themselves independent and leaving the two main parties, third party candidates are facing the wasted vote dilemma. Not only do t ...
30 Oct, 2012
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Predicting Election Based on Presidential Polls, Electoral College
Credit: Realclearpolitics.comWith the election only ten days away, many Americans are looking to presidential polls as a means for predicting the outcome of the election and possibly making the decis ...
27 Oct, 2012
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Frankenstorm Could Affect Gas Prices and Election
Credit: NPR.orgWashington (IVN) -- Gas prices spiked nationally last month, began to drop, and rose again two weeks ago. Since the latest peak on October, 11 the national average gas price has been d ...
26 Oct, 2012
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In Battleground Colorado Independents May Have the Last Word
Photo: Wikimedia CommonsIn a loft just outside Downtown Los Angeles, Meghan Leuders, is packing up her things. The recent Tufts University graduate is headed to the airport to embark on a two month i ...
26 Oct, 2012
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Military Voters Disenfranchised: Record Low 2012 Turnout Expected
Photo: US Air Force / Author: Master Sgt. Scott ReedDespite a law passed by Congress in 2009 after low absentee voter turnout in the 2008 elections among US military personnel deployed overseas, the ...
25 Oct, 2012
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What Happens if There Is an Electoral Vote Tie
Credit: User generated electoral maps on 270towin.comIt’s the morning of Wednesday, November 7, 2012, and every major news outlet is reporting that for the first time in nearly two centuries, there i ...
25 Oct, 2012
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Larry King Hosts Third-Party Debate
Credit: CNNTonight Larry King will moderate a third-party debate with Gov. Gary Johnson, Dr. Jill Stein, Rocky Anderson, and Virgil Goode. This is the first meeting of all four candidates who could p ...
23 Oct, 2012
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Republicans Protect Their Own in Virginia Voter Fraud Case
Credit: Newscom/ZumaPressTomorrow’s Democracy has covered the issue of voter fraud extensively in its argument for implementing a national online voting system. The central argument against an online ...
22 Oct, 2012
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Mitt Romney's Foreign Policy Lacks Coherence
The big takeaway from Mitt Romney’s foreign policy speech on October 8 is that there’s no big takeaway. The Republican presidential candidate’s speech did not lay out a coherent foreig ...
21 Oct, 2012
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