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On Tuesday, the independent senator from Vermont and Democratic candidate for president, Bernie Sanders, took to the popular social media platform, Reddit, to answer questions in the first AMA in the 2016 presidential election. Sen. Sanders has gained a foothold in the grassroots domain, best evidenced by his early fundraising
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The House of Representatives voted last week to pass H.R. 1735, also known as the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) -- 269 in favor to 161 opposed. The vote came over the concerns of several dozen members of Congress who urged the lower chamber to debate and vote
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U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) formally announced her candidacy to replace outgoing U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D) on Thursday. The Orange County Democrat joins an ever-growing field of candidates, which includes: California Attorney General Kamala Harris (D), Oceanside Assemblymember Rocky Chavez (R), former GOP Chairman Tom Del
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What the pundits and election watchers in traditional media didn't tell you about the 2014 general election was that it was the least competitive election season in 30 years. That's according to a new analysis authored by Professor Carl Klarner and published on Ballotpedia, which examines
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Gallup recently published a survey that found Millennials are more likely than any other generation to trust retail companies to keep their private information secure, despite the increase in high-visibility data breaches over the years. The generation least likely to trust companies they do business with are "traditionalists,"
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A peer-reviewed study published Thursday examines the potentially polarizing effects social media can have on users. Eytan Bakshy, Solomon Messing, and Lada Adamic authored the study titled, Exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinion on Facebook. In the paper, the authors suggest that ideological 'self-sorting' does happen on
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A Pew Research Center survey of 34 countries revealed bad news for the state of democracy in the United States. When compared with countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the U.S. placed 31st in voter turnout, behind Slovenia. Turnout was calculated based on the estimated
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Quinnipiac University and Pew Research released polling results this week on voters' attitudes on the media and how knowledgeable they were about current and historical events. As previously covered on IVN, the knowledge gap between Republican and Democratic voters is persisting. The phenomenon is likely related to declining trust
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This week, the Washington Post published an analysis of Georgia's gerrymandering problem. Gerrymandering is the practice of manipulating electoral boundaries to favor one political party or dilute the voting power of specific voting blocs. Georgia's redistricting process is overseen by its legislature, a common theme among
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House Bill 1354 was introduced in the Colorado Legislature in April by Democratic State Rep. Dominick Moreno. The bill could possibly open up the Centennial State's primary elections to 1.3 million registered unaffiliated voters. The bill reads: [T]he bill requires that all political parties that are
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A collaborative effort between Patrick Miller of the University of Kansas and Pamela Johnston Conover of the University North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers new insight into the growing phenomenon behind political polarization in the United States. The study, titled Red and Blue States of Mind: Partisan Hostility and Voting
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CALIFORNIA -- The upcoming special election in California's 7th Senate District will feature two Democrats as a result of the state's nonpartisan, top-two primary. Democrats Steve Glazer and Susan Bonilla took the top two spots in the March 17 primary election, with 33 percent and 24.