- 6:29 pm - Mon, May 13, 2013
We also know that we’ll see lots more of this kind of thing in the future — in both Democratic and Republican races — as the top-two primary system encourages moderate candidates with guts and gumption to take on left- and right-wingers in hopes of getting into a run-off election where independent and other-party voters can provide the margin of victory.
Calbuzz, “Top-Two Politics: Biz Plots, Back Stories & Backbiting”
- 10:33 am - Wed, Apr 24, 2013
There may be irony that some politicos who parrot the virtues of a free market when it comes to the economy, are so hesitant to embrace the free-market of ideas when it comes to elections.
Lucas Eaves, on Intra-Party Competition
- 3:51 pm - Tue, Apr 16, 2013
Independents are who we say we are. We’re independent. And as simple as it seems, this is very difficult for the parties to hear.
Jackie Salit, President of Independent Voting
- 3:58 pm - Mon, Apr 8, 2013
Today, partisan paralysis in Washington will show its true destruction when the lack of consensus on how the government prioritizes spending continues to grow a national debt that the millennial generation just can’t pay.
R Taylor Barden, IVN Contributor on the Federal Budget Process
- 4:40 pm - Wed, Mar 27, 2013
Explained: The difference between a partisan and non-partisan primary
- 8:51 am
Corporations have been able to spend money freely on elections, and often do so by giving funds to “dark money” organizations not required to disclose the identities of their donors. But investors have a right to know how their money – a corporation’s profits –– is being spent.
Lisa Gilbert, Director of Congress Watch at Public Citizen
