Happy-faced IndependentVoting.org really ‘pressure group working to limit choices on the ballot’

Reprinted in full, with permission, from Ballot Access News, the newsletter of highly respected ballot access expert Richard Winger.

Government-printed ballots in the United States were first created in 1888, and almost from the start, opponents of new and minor political parties started manipulating the ballot access laws to keep certain parties off the ballot.  The [...]

Lesser evilism and divided government: Accounting for a polling paradox

Political observers have been struck by an apparent contradiction that has been found across a number of recent public opinion surveys.  These polls have found that though Americans currently favor the Democratic Party over the GOP, they are prepared to vote for Republicans over Democrats.  Arguably, this paradox is a result of the ideological [...]