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Independent Positioned to Make History in Washington
Independent candidate Dr. Ann Diamond garnered enough votes in Washington state's 12th legislative district, position 1 Tuesday to place in the top two and advance to the November election. Dr. Diamon ...
08 Aug, 2018
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9 States Where Registered Independents Outnumber Both Major Political Parties
Millions of voters are not just choosing to self-identify as independent of the two major parties, they are dumping their party registrations in droves.In about half the states that register voters by ...
08 Aug, 2018
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Is the Two-Party System Threatening Our Nation's Future?
Abraham Lincoln once famously said, “a house divided against itself cannot stand.”In October of last year, Pew Research released a study revealing what many of us already know: the partisan divide has ...
06 Aug, 2018
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Gary Johnson to Join 2018 New Mexico Senate Race?
The 2012 and 2016 Libertarian Party presidential candidate and former Governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson, may step into his home state's 2018 Senate race, the Associate Press reports.The previous Li ...
06 Aug, 2018
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Koch Brothers Break With Trump: 5 Things You Need to Know
In the face of mounting criticism from the notorious libertarian billionaire industrialists, Charles and David Koch, Donald Trump flamed the Koch Brothers on Twitter Tuesday, tweeting:"The globalist K ...
01 Aug, 2018
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Republican Revolt Brews Against Trump "Soviet-type" Economic Interventions
Top Senate Republicans have finally had enough of the Trump Administration's economic interventionism in the form of tariffs that effectively raise the price of imported goods for the American consume ...
27 Jul, 2018
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10 Most Independent Presidential Quotes of All Time
242 years, 45 presidents, yet only two dominant political parties. In the unending competition for political power, the idea of Democrat versus Republican polarizes citizens and erases meaningful disc ...
27 Jul, 2018
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Dedicated Immigrant Reservists Fear Returning Home after Being Kicked Out of Army
Earlier this month, a report from the Associated Press that about 40 immigrant recruits had been discharged from the Army’s Delayed Entry Program, or DEP, drew attention and made the rounds on social ...
26 Jul, 2018
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When Voter Registration Becomes A Barrier to Voting
Earlier this year, Utah and Washington quietly joined 14 other states that have eliminated the use of registration deadlines as a final cutoff to be able to vote. The congruent actions of a red s ...
26 Jul, 2018
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OPINION: Ranked Choice Voting Not "Most Superior" for Independents
I am concerned with the July 24, 2018 op-ed titled, Virginia Republican: “Ranked Choice Voting Most Superior Voting Method in US.” While the statements are true, what is missing speaks volu ...
25 Jul, 2018
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