Split-Ticket Voting: Fear vs. Reality

It has been said that third-party candidates steal votes from mainstream candidates, even splitting tickets and costing presidential elections. Let's think about this assumption for a moment. Average voter turnout is generally little more than half of those who are eligible to vote. And while those who calculate voter turnout statistics claim that voter turnout, …

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Is Ron Paul a Radical?

It has been called the "dirty little secret" that everyone in Washington knows. "We suffer from a 'fiscal cancer'. It is growing within us. And if we do not treat it, it can have catastrophic consequences for our country." Assume those are the words of Congressman Ron Paul, M.D.? Think again. Those are the words …

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FOX News: We Decide 2008

Presidential polling skews voting behavior. "This is what I call the "Lesser of Two Evils" philosophy of voting — and it is essentially turning our electoral process into a farce."