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Election '24: How We Got Here and How We Can Avoid Doing It Again
Much can be said about the 2024 presidential election cycle. Most universal is the sentiment that we should never do this again.
04 November, 2024
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Closing Arguments: Is The 2024 Election Really the Nail-Biter Polls Say It Is?
In the latest episode of the Foward Podcast, Foward Party Founder Andrew Yang and his former presidential campaign manager, Zach Graumann, talk about the final days going into a presidential election polls have long shown to be a toss-up.
04 November, 2024
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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 October, 2024
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Partisan Hypocrisy on Voting Reform: It's Not About Democracy; It's About Power
Nonpartisan election reform is on the ballot in 7 states, 6 of which could implement new voting models that open taxpayer-funded elections to all voters and candidates, regardless of party.
29 October, 2024
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Maine Question 1: Kyle Bailey Discusses Effort to Rein in Super PACs
Kyle Bailey is a former Maine state representative who managed the landmark ballot measure campaigns to win and protect ranked choice voting.
29 October, 2024
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The Power of No: Why Most Vote Against Candidates Rather than For Them
Negative voting - where voters cast ballots in opposition of a candidate rather than for one - has almost doubled in the last 20 years.
29 October, 2024
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Forward Podcast: Can the US Escape Its Political Crisis?
In the latest episode of the Forward Podcast, Forward Party Founder Andrew Yang sits down with Rikki Schlott to discuss the many variables at play that have shifted the US presidential landscape going into Election Day.
28 October, 2024
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Closed Primaries: The Biggest Voter Suppression Mechanism in Use Today
The nonpartisan reform group Open Primaries released a new video that highlights the current state of a growing movement to reform the way critical taxpayer-funded primary elections are conducted in the US.
22 October, 2024
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Dear Pollsters: We Get It... The Race Is Tight
In this episode of Middleweight Politics, Dan and IVN Editor Shawn Griffiths discuss former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke's puzzling endorsement of Jill Stein, Democrat Mike Bennett's slightly more puzzling opposition to election reform in his state...
21 October, 2024
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The Denver Post Makes a Strange Endorsement on Voting Reform in Colorado
The Denver Post Editorial Board has issued an endorsement on Proposition 131 in Colorado, an initiative that calls for a nonpartisan top 4 open primary with ranked choice voting. They ask voters to vote "No," but not because they have doubts about the reform.
15 October, 2024