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This Week In Nonpartisan News: Top 5 Stories for Independent Voters
This Week In Nonpartisan News: Top 5 Stories for Independent Voters
Much of the media's election coverage two weeks out from Election Day is focused on what kind of wave we are seeing -- red or blue -- and how Donald Trump will affect the outcome of the midterms. Howe ...
22 Oct, 2018
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5 min read
Independent Voters Can’t Be Pegged; Summer Survey Results Show We’re Not Just “Leaners”
Independent Voters Can’t Be Pegged; Summer Survey Results Show We’re Not Just “Leaners”
How will independents vote in the upcoming elections? An opinion piece appearing in the New York Times this week, entitled “How to Win Swing Voters (And How to Lose Them),” says:"As we often hear, ind ...
22 Oct, 2018
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6 min read
Televised U.S. Senate Debate Loses Sponsor for Excluding Third Parties
Televised U.S. Senate Debate Loses Sponsor for Excluding Third Parties
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - WPVI-TV Action News of Pennsylvania has lost an important sponsor, The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, for excluding third parties from a televised U.S. Senate debate over ...
22 Oct, 2018
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2 min read
The Two-Party Duopoly Just Forced Out America’s Only Independent Governor
The Two-Party Duopoly Just Forced Out America’s Only Independent Governor
There is only one governor in the US with an "I" next to their name: Alaska Governor Bill Walker. However, Walker announced late Friday that he has suspended his bid for re-election -- citing the ...
21 Oct, 2018
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4 min read
Jennifer Lawrence Warns Memphis Voters: "You're About to be Blindsided by Your Own Government"
Jennifer Lawrence Warns Memphis Voters: "You're About to be Blindsided by Your Own Government"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnEzyyssU8AHollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence is warning Memphis voters not to be tricked at the ballot box. Local voters passed laws 10 years ago that implement ranke ...
18 Oct, 2018
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2 min read
OPINION: How Independent Voters Can Stop Another Kavanaugh Circus
OPINION: How Independent Voters Can Stop Another Kavanaugh Circus
As the nation becomes increasingly polarized, the reality of politics becomes ever more obvious. Nothing illustrates that better than the recent circus (and subsequent side show) surrounding the Supre ...
18 Oct, 2018
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4 min read
New Poll: Gas Tax Even, Poizner Lead Widens, Newsom Maintains Advantage
New Poll: Gas Tax Even, Poizner Lead Widens, Newsom Maintains Advantage
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -  We are just 20 days away from the November midterms, and California polls continue to show a historic election in the making.Thomas Partners Strategies released the results ...
17 Oct, 2018
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3 min read
Sen. Rand Paul Charts Independent Course on Saudi Crisis
Sen. Rand Paul Charts Independent Course on Saudi Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. - What has all the appearances of a conspiracy by the Saudi government to murder a very high-profile Washington Post journalist in a Saudi embassy in Turkey, has become a tense intern ...
17 Oct, 2018
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5 min read
Pre-Election Rundown: 4 Ballot Measures to Deal Historic Blow to Partisan Gerrymandering
Pre-Election Rundown: 4 Ballot Measures to Deal Historic Blow to Partisan Gerrymandering
Voters in Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, and Utah are voting on whether to hand control over drawing electoral districts to independent redistricting commissions.With two weeks to go, here’s a rundown ...
17 Oct, 2018
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4 min read
In Georgia: Libertarian Gov. Candidate Says System Is Rigged; Calls Kemp, Abrams Corrupt
In Georgia: Libertarian Gov. Candidate Says System Is Rigged; Calls Kemp, Abrams Corrupt
Ted Metz, Georgia Libertarian Candidate for Governor:"If a vote for the Libertarian is really a vote for the Democrat, and some people would argue it's really a vote for the Republican, then that must ...
16 Oct, 2018
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5 min read