Despite the momentous 60% approval rating President Obama received after the Navy SEAL operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the AP poll sampling public opinion appears to have largely overlooked Independent voters.

It turns out Ross Perot had not fallen off his rocker when he, as a 1992 3rd party presidential candidate, predicted that signing NAFTA would lead to the loss of American jobs to trade partners amid a “giant sucking sound.”

If asked what type of renewable energy is most prevalent in California, most would choose solar or wind, but in reality, those two forms of renewable energy aren't even close. Instead, the current California champion for renewable energy is geothermal, followed by small hydro. Say what? 

A lengthy exposé in The Economist takes a detailed look at the history of California’s voter initiative process as it has evolved over the last century, and argues that the proposition system lies at the heart of the state’s political dysfunction.

As an expectedly intense 2012 election season quickly approaches, a new Gallup Poll reveals that a majority of citizens still support a third major political party to challenge the traditional two-party system.