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As the 2016 Republican National Convention wrapped up Thursday, one aspect was clear: Americans are increasingly looking for alternative candidates outside of the two-party duopoly. According to Google Trends, searches for "3rd party candidate 2016" increased by 1,150 percent over the last week. Interestingly, states with the highest third party candidate searches in the United States were (in order): Ohio, Missouri, Colorado, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, and Michigan. Politico reports t

third par·ty noun: a person or group besides the two primarily involved in a situation, especially a dispute. Almost since the beginning of the American Republic, voters have had a third choice. A party that wasn’t ruled by the power classes, the Democrats and Republicans. A party that truly felt of the people, by the people, and for the people. In today’s rough-and-tumble political climate, it can be argued that never before has the country needed a third choice for president more desperately

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ2Wov5hvrA The Daily Caller recently reported on a video that shows current Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton coming out against the superdelegate system in 2008 when she was in a tight race with Barack Obama. Now, Clinton reportedly has an "insurmountable" lead because of the number of superdelegates who have committed their support to her, many of whom made the decision before the first votes of the 2016 race were cast in Iowa. The Daily Caller reports

Ever since the Chicago Daily Tribune's iconic blunder of projecting Thomas Dewey as the victor in the 1948 election, polling has evolved into a more precise science, one so accurate that scoffers and critics began to argue that the media was swaying public opinion through polls. Exit polling has always been crucial, especially during the days of newspapers with deadlines to meet, for the media to be able to project winners in a timely manner. But something has changed, and voters and viewers h

It's become an all too common strategy in politics, to taunt absurd laws by either passing or submitting a bill that mocks the current law, or by over-enforcement of the law or putting into place draconian consequences. While the subject of debt ceilings won't come up until the next president takes office, sequestration was supposed to be the so-called 'nuclear' option, a line that would be so damaging to cross that the politicians wouldn't dare do it. But they did, and at least on the surface

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul announced Wednesday morning that he is suspending his 2016 presidential campaign. Paul released a statement saying that he intends to end his campaign where he began,“ready and willing to fight for the cause of Liberty.” It’s been an incredible honor to run a principled campaign for the White House. Today, I will end where I began, ready and willing to fight for the cause of Liberty. Across the country thousands upon thousands of young people flocked to our message of l

Fox News released its lineup for Thursday’s GOP debate on Monday night, announcing that the stage will hold seven candidates, cutting Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina from the lineup. In preparation for the primetime debate, which will air at 9 p.m. ET, Fox Business Network reportedly selected its lineup based off of the top six candidates in the five most recent national polls, as well as any candidates polling in the top five in either Iowa or New Hampshir

After introducing legislation to audit the Federal Reserve System, one lawmaker looks to be finally getting a vote this week. Over the weekend, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul announced on Facebook that when the Senate returns this week, there will be a vote on his legislation, commonly called Audit the Fed. The vote will likely come on Tuesday. The Kentucky senator said: "It is finally time that the Federal Reserve's shroud of secrecy is revealed and we find out what they have been up to. No more bailout

In recent news, Ohio state officials told Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley that he could not be on the Democratic primary ballot. The petition to be on the ballot required 1,000 valid signatures from a single county. O’Malley submitted 1,175, but only 772 were considered valid. Both of his fellow Democratic presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, are on the ballot. Presidential primaries are often reserved only for partisan candidates, but that does not nec

A small group within the U.S. House has filed an amicus brief in a court case that may affect what can be posted and distributed on the web. Led by Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, 15 House members filed on behalf of Defense Distributed, a gun rights advocacy group. In 2013, the U.S. State Department, under the auspices of the International Traffic Arms Regulation (ITAR), ordered Defense Distributed to remove its instructions for creating a one-shot pistol with a 3-D printer from its website.