Search query: alaska
Adam Schiff's Multi-Million Dollar Gamble to Secure His US Senate Seat Paid Off
Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore / Flickr
The US Senate race to fill the late Dianne Feinstein's seat will come down to a November contest between US Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-30) and former profes ...
06 Mar, 2024
-
3 min read
Gerrymandering Reform: Are We Asking the Wrong Question?
Photo Credit: Paul Becker (Becker1999)/ Flickr
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on the Dan Sally's website and has been republished on IVN with permission from the auth ...
01 Mar, 2024
-
7 min read
10 Reasons Why Americans Are Not as Divided as You Think
Photo by Hannah Busing on Unsplash
Party leaders, politicians, and media pundits and talking heads would have US voters believe that the American public has never been more divided. This ...
28 Feb, 2024
-
7 min read
LetUsVote: New Campaign Launches to End Discrimination Against Independent Voters
Open Primaries, in partnership with Unite America, announced the launch of LetUsVote Wednesday, a nationwide initiative that aims to mobilize and empower independent voters, who make up the largest voting bloc in the US but are treated like second-class voters.
27 Feb, 2024
-
4 min read
For Good or Bad, Primary Changes May Be Coming to Elections Near You
Photo Credit: Getty Images / Unsplash
The last couple of years have seen an increase in states looking to change their primary election laws. In some cases, party leaders are trying ...
26 Feb, 2024
-
4 min read
SC Governor Rejects Calls to Close Primaries; Squashes Claims of 'Party Raiding'
Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster does not support calls from within his party to close primary elections to registered party members only. He has long pushed back against claims that non-party members will infiltrate the primaries to manipulate outcomes.
21 Feb, 2024
-
4 min read
March 5 is Super Tuesday... And No One Cares
The election day colloquially referred to as Super Tuesday used to mean something. It's an election date traditionally held in early March and is known for hosting the most presidential preference ele ...
16 Feb, 2024
-
4 min read
Author of California’s Top-Two Primary Says It’s Time to Reform the Reform
In 2010, California voters took the first step in empowering every California voter by abolishing party-controlled closed partisan primaries in favor of open nonpartisan primaries that advance the top two vote-getters to the November election.
14 Feb, 2024
-
4 min read
10 Signs That Confirm You Are an Independent Voter
1. You See the Legitimacy of Opposing Views
Voters have become accustomed to the simple red-versus-blue, liberal-versus-conservative goal posts that have been set up by the drivers of American poli ...
07 Feb, 2024
-
8 min read
Can Congress Still Do Its Job? How Polarization Threatens Your Favorite Cause
Over the weekend, Senate negotiators released final language of a bill that would address the growing crisis at America’s southern border while also providing aid to Ukraine and Israel. This would be great news, if House Speaker Mike Johnson hadn’t announced the bill was dead on arrival before the bill had been written.
06 Feb, 2024
-
8 min read