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Seventeen-year-old Daniel Ohiri has registered as a Democrat and is excited to vote for Hillary Clinton in this year’s presidential primary. Dakota Palomino, also 17, registered as a Republican and plans to vote for Donald Trump. Continue Reading
Many former staffers at the Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington say Hillary Clinton ally David Brock has “defanged” the “prominent, nonpartisan watchdog group that helped lay groundwork for what’s become the Clinton email server scandal,” The Center for Public Integrity reported. Continue Reading
So who is Great America PAC? The Federal Election Commission says it’s a hybrid super PAC. But didn’t Trump say he was opposed to super PACs? Continue Reading
The vote was close — 14-13 in favor of continuing to support Trump, according to an El Paso Times reporter’s tweet. Continue Reading
Most U.S. voters are Libertarian, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson says, and the jaw-dropping 2016 presidential race may just help them realize that and vote for him. Continue Reading
On Tuesday, the agents will ask their local union to reject the national union’s endorsement. Continue Reading
The Democratic presidential front-runner stands poised to bludgeon her general election opponent with Republicans’ favorite political superweapon: the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which earlier this decade launched a new era of unbridled fundraising. Continue Reading
After a decisive win over Donald Trump in Wisconsin, U.S. Sen Ted Cruz is now staring down a string of GOP presidential primaries in northeastern states that tend to be more moderate and friendlier to his two Republican rivals, billionaire Donald Trump and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Continue Reading
Clinton beats all of the Republicans, plus Bernie Sanders, in getting the defense industry’s financial help for her presidential campaign. Continue Reading
No form of social contract, from so-called democracy to a totalitarian state, can exist and function unless people believe its tenets, be they true or not. Continue Reading
Even if Donald Trump is correct in his unproven charge that a super PAC obtained a racy photo of Melania Trump from the Ted Cruz campaign, it’s doubtful the FEC would do anything about it. Continue Reading
The demand for a DOJ investigation is picking up steam following last Tuesday’s debacle of ballot shortages and hours-long poll lines. Continue Reading
One thing has remained true during this political cycle, even as we all watch our early predictions sour: The disruption that has marked the Republican Party in Texas and the U.S. for the last decade is still blooming. Continue Reading
The result is that thousands of citizens may be turned away from the polls on April 5 simply because they did not understand what form of identification they needed to vote. Continue Reading
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ supporters are fighting an uphill battle. But in New Mexico they aren’t giving up. Continue Reading