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To Avoid Confusion, Should RCV Just Be Called Instant Runoff Elections?
To Avoid Confusion, Should RCV Just Be Called Instant Runoff Elections?
In discussions with an elderly voter in Colorado about Proposition 131, the unsuccessful 2024 ballot measure to create a nonpartisan primary with ranked choice voting (RCV), in the general election, we learned something important. This individual had voted against Proposition 131, casting his mail ballot on the day he received it. A week later, he received a campaign ad mailer that Colorado’s governor and Denver’s mayor had endorsed Proposition 131, which may have influenced his decision.
11 Mar, 2025
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The Worst Partisan Gerrymanders of the 2020s
The Worst Partisan Gerrymanders of the 2020s
With two post-census election cycles in the books, congressional district maps are mostly set for the remainder of the decade – which means we will know the outcomes of the vast majority of House elections before voters even cast ballots in November 2026, 2028 and 2030.
13 Dec, 2024
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Do Politically Disengaged Voters Still Have a Civic Responsibility to Vote?
Do Politically Disengaged Voters Still Have a Civic Responsibility to Vote?
Perhaps one of the most pervasive myths in American politics is that a voter should vote because it matters to them personally.
30 Oct, 2024
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Real or Exaggerated: Is the 2024 Election the Most Important in US History?
Real or Exaggerated: Is the 2024 Election the Most Important in US History?
In the United States, elections–and the governments they produce–are lagging indicators of public sentiment. Elections simply provide a quantitative measure of what the voters believe. The governments that emerge from elections merely establish order and discipline with respect to those policies and approaches that have already been emotionally and intellectually pioneered and adopted by the American people.
23 Sep, 2024
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Just A Reminder, The Presidential Nomination Process Has Never Been About Democracy
Just A Reminder, The Presidential Nomination Process Has Never Been About Democracy
Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to make her speech at the DNC Thursday, in which she will formally accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States. It is a historic moment that has not come without scrutiny.
21 Aug, 2024
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What Is RFK Jr's #AmericaStrong Platform?
What Is RFK Jr's #AmericaStrong Platform?
With less than 100 days until the November elections, the Republican and Democratic Parties have ramped up their attacks against the other side in hopes of gaining some political advantage – but the tactics in the 2024 cycle have been unorthodox to say the least. 
30 Jul, 2024
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RFK Jr Defeats DNC Challenge in North Carolina to Appear on Ballot
RFK Jr Defeats DNC Challenge in North Carolina to Appear on Ballot
The North Carolina Board of Elections reversed an initial decision not to give independent candidate Robert F Kennedy's 'We the People' party ballot access in November.
17 Jul, 2024
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Democrats Have Replaced an Unpopular Incumbent Before; It Didn't Work Out
Democrats Have Replaced an Unpopular Incumbent Before; It Didn't Work Out
The 90-minute faceplant that was Joe Biden’s performance in the CNN presidential debate did little to dispel notions that he might be too old to serve another term as president. Footage of Jill Biden escorting him down the two steps of the debate stage didn’t help either.
11 Jul, 2024
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Kennedy's Campaign Says It Has Gathered Signatures Needed for 27 States
Kennedy's Campaign Says It Has Gathered Signatures Needed for 27 States
The last couple of weeks have been eventful for independent candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr, who may not have been invited to the CNN presidential debate but continues to rack up ballot access victories across the US.
09 Jul, 2024
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Kennedy: My Exclusion from CNN Debate is ‘Undemocratic, Un-American, and Cowardly’
Kennedy: My Exclusion from CNN Debate is ‘Undemocratic, Un-American, and Cowardly’
US voters awoke Thursday to the news that the June 27 CNN presidential debate stage had been set. The network had its promotions ready for two candidates -- and only two candidates.
21 Jun, 2024
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