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From Superdelegates to Brokered Conventions, Both Parties Really Don't Care What Voters Think
I’m a life-long Republican who hasn’t yet made up his mind for whom I’m voting for in California’s June presidential primary. I’m also co-chair of the Independent Voter Project, authors of California’...
Democratic Party Denies Primary Candidate Access to Voter Files to Protect Party Boss
The New Times Broward-Palm Beach reported Wednesday that Tim Canova, who is challenging DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz for her congressional seat in Florida's twenty-third district, was told by a ...
Truth in Media: Donors, Lobbyists among Democratic Superdelegates
A new report found that some Democratic superdelegates are also registered lobbyists.In the Democratic Party’s presidential primary process, superdelegates are party insiders who are allowed to v...
Discussions About Independent Voters Would Be Improved if Philosophical Principles Were Set Out
Many authors and commenters on IVN clearly believe that it is wrong for any party, or any state law, to prevent independent voters from voting in a government-administered primary for public office. I...
Reality Check: Democrats Have a Major Superdelegate Problem
Reality Check: Democrats Have a Super-Delegate ProblemReality Check: Democrats Have a Super-Delegate ProblemPosted by Ben Swann on Thursday, March 10, 2016The Democratic Party has a problem: superde...
Former DNC Chair Says as Superdelegate He Doesn't Care What Voters Want
Howard Dean, former Vermont governor and former DNC chair, has committed his superdelegate vote to Hillary Clinton, despite U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders winning Vermont 86.1 percent to Hillary Clinton'...
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...
Predictions Holding: Hillary Set to Sweep South
I predicted three weeks ago that Hillary would sweep the South in her bid to become the next president. It was an educated guess, for sure, but there were a lot of contributing factors that made me op...
5 Long-Overdue Changes We Need in American Government
If the 2016 presidential election is proving anything, it’s that voters are not happy with the state of their union.On the left and right, we’re seeing insurgents give establishment candidates a run f...
Bernie Sanders Drops Another Huge Money Bomb after New Hampshire
The "money bomb," a term that took on new meaning during Ron Paul's 2008 presidential campaign when he raised over $4.2 million in 24 hours (Paul's biggest money bomb ended up being $6 milli...