NYT: Non-Partisan Voters Practically a Third Party

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

At least, that paraphrase is my interpretation of a recent bit of news-commentary on the statistics of party affiliation: the share of the electorate that registers as independent has grown at a faster rate than Republicans or Democrats in 12 states. The rise has been so significant that in states like ...

38 Percent of Republicans Equate Obama and McCain

Monday, August 4th, 2008

A recent nationwide poll by pew tells some startling facts about the lack of enthusiasm for presidential candidate John McCain. the highlights: Only 34% of McCain supporters say they are strongly committed to him In recent history only the Bob Dole campaign of 1996 had such lackluster support Only 49% of Republicans are satisfied ...

Dude, Where’s My Revolution?

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Turning from apathy and cynicism to political involvement If you were to ask almost anyone of voting age in America who they planned to vote for in November you would get quite a few different answers. Some of them would be along the lines of "I'll think about that later," "I'll ...