Republicans and Democrats generally see members of the opposing party as being on the far ends of the political spectrum, according to a Pew Research Center study published Thursday.
Read moreA federal judge this week ordered North Carolina to restore three candidates of the Constitution Party to ballots for legislative and county seats, finding the State Board of Elections violated the party’s rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
Read moreWith just 74 days to go before the mid-term elections, two new NBC News/Marist polls show Democrats with a comfortable lead in contests in Illinois and a tight Senatorial race in Texas.
Read moreThe Polish president has vetoed a law on elections to the European Union Parliament that would have benefited large political parties and made it harder for small parties to reach a threshold to get seats.
Read moreConnecticut skews left on the political spectrum, but the objective unpopularity of the outgoing Governor Dannel P. Malloy could portend tough winds Tuesday for the much-ballyhooed blue wave.
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Spain’s left-wing government is seeking to remove the body of dictator Francisco Franco from a fascist-era monument near Madrid and set up a commission to investigate crimes committed during Spain’s civil war and military dictatorship, a move strongly opposed by retired military officers and others.
Read moreA Republican political action committee chairman and radio talk show host sued Illinois state leaders in federal court Friday, claiming the Illinois Election Code places unjustified restrictions on the amount that independent expenditures committees can contribute to candidates running for state offices.
Read moreAs the bulk of the nation swelters from one of the hottest summers on record, more Americans than ever believe the climate is changing, according to a poll released Wednesday.
Read moreThe Libertarian party can continue its long-running challenge to political contribution limits as they relate to bequests from deceased donors.
Read moreIndia’s federal government took direct control of Kashmir state Wednesday after the ruling Hindu nationalist party ended its long-troubled alliance there with a Kashmiri political party.
Read moreColorado’s primary elections will be open to 1.3 million unaffiliated voters for the first time in state history on June 26, leaving campaigns on both sides of the aisle vying for the support of independents.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed Illinois State Senator Sam McCann’s claims that he was booted from the Senate Republican Caucus and denied resources including staff assistance in retaliation for saying he will run for governor as a third-party candidate.
Read moreMark Hetherington, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University, said Friday that Donald Trump’s presidency could foreshadow the decline of democracy in the United States.
Read moreThe Upstate Jobs Party sued officials with the New York State Board of Elections, claiming campaign-finance limits favor the major political parties and constrain those that do not have party status but are competing for state offices.
Read moreA federal judge ruled Friday that the Republican Party of Virginia has a right to bar individuals from voting at its meetings or conventions who have supported nonparty candidates.
Read moreThe Supreme Court will dive into partisan gerrymandering Wednesday for the second time in less than six months, as a group of Maryland Republicans attempt to show that state lawmakers redrew their congressional district to punish their political affiliation.
Read moreFar from the glare of the hyper partisan lenses of Washington D.C., two former senators of opposing parties found more common ground than acrimony in responding to a slate of questions regarding the contemporary state of America.
Read moreVoters in Catalonia faced a momentous choice in elections Thursday for their regional parliament: either support political parties that are determined to keep up the pressure to turn their region into Europe’s newest country, or opt for those that want it to stay as part of Spain.
Read morePoland’s parliament has passed a bill that will change how the country’s Supreme Court functions, a step critics see as an erosion of judicial independence under the populist Law and Justice party.
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The Libertarian Party of Georgia claims in court the state’s ballot-access laws are unlawfully cumbersome and were intentionally designed to prevent third-party candidates from successfully running for federal office.
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