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Governor, Congressman and Third Party Mayor Candidates

February 28, 2012 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Interviews, Biographies and Latest Updates on Third Party Mayor Candidates for President and More

Occupy Oakland Protests Continue Amid Arrests

February 6, 2012 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Reignited Occupy Oakland Protests Continue Throughout Country Behind Rising Anger With Economy

Independent Voted Morristown, NJ Council President

January 1, 1970 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Independent voted Morristown NJ Council President amid worrying rise in local redistricting

Montana Defeats Restrictive Third Party Access Bill (4/29/2023) - Lawmakers stymied an attempted revival of legislation that would raise the signature threshold for third-party…

Two Parties Set Record Senate Winning Streaks in 26 States (3/14/2023) - 2022 election cycle saw only one U.S. Senate seat flip as a result, more than…

New Study Shows Abandonment Of Australia’s Major Parties (12/22/2022) - Australia's political landscape is changing. Voters are increasingly abandoning the country's major parties in favor…

Independent Candidates Have Been Consistently Winning More Seats (12/6/2022) - In every even-numbered general election, more than ten independent candidates have been elected in 2022,…

Big Cities In Swing States Saw Declines In Midterm Voting

Major Party Share Of Registration Declines Again (12/2/2022) - Recent figures on registration by party show that the share of voters registered in minor…

Ballot Access Candidates: A National Mandate (10/15/2022) - Another election is about to come and go, but the results for smaller parties depend…

Independent Candidates Have Been Consistently Winning More Seats (12/6/2022) - In every even-numbered general election, more than ten independent candidates have been elected in 2022,…

Independent Voters Flee To Canada (11/2/2022) - Independent voters who swept Republicans into power nationally in November are moving to Canada. Not surprisingly, mainstream…

Independents Less Likely Than Others To End A Friendship Over A Politics

Independents Less Likely Than Others To End Friendships Over Politics (3/8/2022) - The article contributes to research on social networks and politics by surveying Arizona registered voters…

Arizona Bill To Ease Candidate Ballot Access (2/16/2022) - Arizona's HB 2640 introduced January 27 cuts the number of signatures in half for candidates…

Our Political Parties Are Ending Any Competition Against Them (2/9/2022) - The two major political parties in the United States, the Democratic and Republican parties, may…