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Ballot Access Blues: Controversial Cases From the 2016 Election Cycle
As with past election cycles, third party and independent candidates – as well as initiatives aimed at reducing the power of the two major parties – are struggling to achieve access to ...
Jill Stein's Ballot Access Campaign Gets Major Boost from Bernie Defectors
Green Party signature coordinators across the country are reporting an influx of Bernie Sanders supporters to the Greens' campaign. How far the new momentum will take the party in the 2...
Bloomberg's Decision Not To Run Is Democracy's Dead Canary
This article was originally published in edited form in the May 2016 edition of USA Today Magazine.Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire 41 times over, decided that the system wa...
#NeverTrump Movement Struggles in Search for New Presidential Candidate
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are both rather unpopular. How unpopular? According to one recent poll, 52 percent of the public views Clinton unfavorably, and 55 percent view...
2016 Primary Results Indicate Many Independents Are Not Moderates
By sheer statistical coincidence, the percentage of Americans who self-identify as independents (approximately 40 percent) is nearly identical to the percentage of Americans who self-identify as moder...
Libertarian Party Obtains Ballot Access in Oklahoma for First Time in 16 Years
The Libertarian Party just scored a major victory in its quest to fulfill candidate Gary Johnson’s promise that the party will be on the ballot in all 50 states as an alternative to the Republica...
Of All Hillary's Wins Tuesday Night, Missouri is Most Important -- Here's Why
With the vote virtually tied with 99 percent returns, Hillary Clinton is holding the slimmest of leads in Missouri--by about 1,500 votes out of almost 620,000 votes statewide.This is a huge win for Cl...
Voice of the People: Americans Not Sold on Defense Spending Increase
WASHINGTON, March 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Barack Obama and leading Republican presidential candidates have called for increasing defense spending. However, given the opportun...
Super Tuesday Victory Speeches Highlight Crucial Moment of Choice for Candidates and Voters
One of the greatest things about political speeches is that often what is said is the least important aspect -- it's what was ignored, how the message was presented, or even the demeanor and tone of t...
Millions of Voters Disenfranchised on Super 'Undemocratic' Tuesday
Super Tuesday (March1) is one of the most heavily covered events in the presidential election process. With over a dozen contests and a quarter of the delegates up for grabs on the Democrati...