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Team sports and competition are popular, from baseball to mixed martial arts. However, our politics are increasingly filled with partisan rancor, and unfortunately, despite Americans disassociating with the two major parties in large numbers, positions are increasingly associated with one side or the other. Losing friends over political beliefs in the age of social media, particularly during the Trump era, is nothing new. I’ve drawn the scorn of family and friends -- many of whom came from the

It wouldn’t be election season without a bunch of big-money interests trying to tell you how to vote. This year, with hundreds of millions of dollars rolling into initiative campaigns over housing and health care, California has hit a new record. The $111 million campaign against Proposition 8 on kidney dialysis clinics amounts to the most money poured into a single side of a ballot measure in the United States—at least since electronic record-keeping began in 2002, and possibly ever. Here are

DENVER, COLO. - There are a lot of ballot measures to consider this year. And I know all too well how overwhelming it can be to keep up with all of the rhetoric about each issue. But two stand out to me as simply making sense for Colorado. Amendments Y and Z aim to put fair and effective representation at the forefront of congressional and legislative redistricting. This matters tremendously to how we as Coloradans are represented by those who we elect and it is time to do what’s right instead

https://soundcloud.com/independent-voter-podcast/calmatters-dan-walters-talks-november-election San Diego, CALIF.- California Democrats had supermajorities in 2014 and 2016, only to lose them the next year. Now, with Gavin Newsom in line to take Jerry Brown's seat, and record setting campaign contributions, there is a very real possibility Democrats will once again have all the power in California. Considering how deep blue California has gone, concerns are surfacing about appropriate checks

San Diego, CALIF.- 49 signups. That's the result of the City of San Francisco's effort to register non-citizen voters for local board of education races. The 49 signups come to about $6,326 per sign up. The program is the first-of-its-kind in California and followed the passage of a 2016 San Francisco ballot measure opening school elections to non-citizens who are over the age of 18, city residents and have children under age 19. Back in July, the city began registering non-citizens — includ

Voters looking to move away from partisan histrionics and the impotence of “politics as usual” have solid alternatives to Democrats and Republicans in this year’s midterm elections. In Missouri and Maryland, there are candidates for the U.S. Senate who present a clear vision of what “Country Over Party” means, with unique insight into how a recent surge in nonpartisan political activity can affect our elections, now and into the future. These two candidates recently shared these insights and m

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Most polls show Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) leading FMR Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) in the 2018 Tennessee Senate race. Bredesen for Senate recently ran a Facebook Ad with a quote from a New York Times op ed saying, "At stake in the Bredesen-Blackburn race is the durability of a Tennessee tradition of electing temperamentally sound senators." That post prompted a Tennessee Libertarian Party member frustrated with the two party system's iron grip on the ballot to go off o

San Diego, CALIF.- Politics sometimes makes strange bedfellows. Such is the case in San Diego where Republican mayor Kevin Faulconer, is now arguably closer to the Democrats on a proposed city run energy program, than the business community that got him elected. Faulconer announced on twitter that he will champion a new CCA program for San Diego, a program that would likely be implemented when he is out of office. https://twitter.com/kevin_faulconer/status/1055456786868711424?s=12 Faulconer

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is officially considering a 2020 presidential run. According to reports, Rania Batrice, a close adviser to Gabbard and deputy campaign manager on Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, has been putting out feelers for digital and speechwriting staff for Gabbard. When asked by reporters about the possibility, Batrice did not dispute that Gabbard is considering joining what’s expected to be a crowded field of Democratic presidential c

In any campaign, big money players get the most attention. But Democrats running in California’s seven most competitive congressional districts are vastly outraising Republicans in small-dollar donations, according to a review of campaign money compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. It’s a display of voter enthusiasm that can pay long-term dividends for beneficiaries. Overall, Democratic candidates running in the seven GOP-held seats where Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump in 2016 hav