Attorney and IVC Media president Chad Peace focuses on election reform. He helped pass CA’s top-two primary and San Diego’s Measure K. His work analyzes how system design and structural reforms can give independent voters a more meaningful voice.
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California, with the highest unemployment rate in the United States, posted an impressive net gain of over 32,000 jobs last month according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the past year, California has added almost 280,000 jobs. With California job growth on a positive path, will the
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As we enter almost 5 years of the economic downturn, we have more welfare recipients than ever. And, with local, state, and federal budget deficits coming under public fire, Americans are overwhelmingly in support of adding welfare work requirements to our current programs. From Rasmussen: Most Americans think there are
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With over 40% of Americans self-identifying as "independents" and congressional approval ratings hovering around 10%, there is no doubt that the electorate is unhappy with the state of our "two-party system." In a recent survey, an astonishing 80% of voters from all across the map replied
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Since the Roberts opinion on 'Obamacare' was issued, no matter how many points he struck for conservatives along the way, Chief Justice Roberts and the entire Supreme Court have taken a beating in Republican opinion polls. Since 2005, Robert's favorability rating among Republicans has dropped a
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Whether we are talking about the Bush years or Obama's current term, the federal government has grown exponentially. Under Bush, we got No Child Left Behind, the Patriot Act, and we saw ungodly amount of money spent on the Department of Homeland Security. Under Obama, the federal government
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Early in the year, the political world saw the forces of the internet take on what was seemingly an esoteric and unstoppable attempt at internet regulation in the form of SOPA and PIPA. What the political establishment did expect was the uproar and protest swarming from people all over the
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In a new poll, just 17% Of Californians think highly of Congress and almost half are weary of the two-party system. What is scary is the sentiment the poll found, unless it is indicative of a larger motivation: that people just want Congress to get to work: The negativity is
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After Mitt Romney said "I'm going to eliminate every non-essential program I can find," which included health care, he got a loud booooo from the crowd at the NAACP. I give the Romney NAACP appearance credit for one thing. The campaign showed up and delivered a
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When Gallup began tracking how many Americans trust news television in 1996, 46% of Americans had confidence in news networks to provide good and accurate information. Today, just 16 years later, less than half of that number now have confidence in television news. The drop in confidence in our '
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The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the US Treasury ran almost a $1 trillion dollar federal budget deficit for the first nine months of 2012. While this is less than the deficit ran at this time last year, there is sure to be increasing scrutiny of over-spending as the Presidential
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In a poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports, 80% of respondents said they expect "ObamaCare" to be repealed if Mitt Romney wins the election. The Republican House has already voted to repeal or defund parts of the Affordable Care Act over 30 times. With a Democratic led Senate, these