Understandably, readers of the IVN pride themselves on their status as… well… independent voters. Voters are jettisoning the Democratic and Republican Parties faster than you can say “record high unfavorable ratings.”

However, ditching the two-party system isn’t enough; it’s high time that we start joining and registering with third parties.

Now, this is the moment where I encourage you to put down the pitchforks, and hear me out. Though IVN champions the mantra of “people over parties,” registering third party helps break up the two-party duopoly in a number of ways.

San Diego, CALIF.-Measure A is a proposal from the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) that would create a half-cent sales tax to fund transportation and infrastructure projects throughout the county.

The measure would raise about $18 billion over the next 40 years and legally bind SANDAG to finish a number of projects within the next 15 years.

According to the internet’s wayback machine, retired CBS broadcaster Bob Schieffer was a member of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) between September 2015 and December 2015.

This is an oddly short period of service. Most other CPD members seem to serve for years. Co-Chair Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., for instance, has been around since the commission's beginning, having co-founded the organization in 1987. While the other members' tenure doesn't go back that far, many have been around since at least 2014.

Campaigns love to think that October surprises will rescue their fledgling campaigns or seal the deal for a front-runner, but they seldom happen -- far less than what you'd expect in a media circus that loves gotcha politics.

People's minds are usually made up, the 'miracle' of an October surprise has to be profound.

But in modern American politics, terrorism is always at the top of the watch list of the political spectrum -- and candidates vying for the spot of the 'toughest' on terrorism is part of a winning strategy.

Presidential politics has taken center stage this election year, for good reason. But if you're interested in making a political impact, you may be focusing on the wrong race.

San Diego, CALIF.- Political fireworks at the Latino American Political Association event over Measure D.

The debate over Measure D, also known as the Citizens' Plan for Tourism Reform, took an unexpected turn Tuesday night.

Speaking before an audience of voters, political colleagues and special guests, outspoken opponent of Measure D Scott Sherman, a member of the San Diego City Council, admitted the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) rate charged by other tourist destinations has no influence on his family's travel decisions.

For the first time in modern U.S. history, a man who has never held public office, and has no experience in politics may become president. Yet, most voters do not seem to care. In fact, lack of political experience appears to attract voters.

Fundamentally, this occurred because most people no longer consider being a “politician” a real profession, although it is one of the oldest and most important jobs in society.

On my Chinese family's side, I'm a 4th generation American. On my English family's side, one of my distant great-grandfathers was the founder of Connecticut, Thomas Hooker.

As someone with part of my family immigrating within the last few generations, Donald Trump Jr's comments on the 'bowl full of Skittles' was distasteful at best, outright historically dishonest at worst.

According to a new NBC News/Survey Monkey poll, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson is leading among independent voters.

RNC Chair Reince Priebus is going all in on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and he wants to make sure any Republican with ambitions of a political future does as well. Making an appearance on CBS's Face the Nation, Priebus hinted at possible "penalties" for former GOP presidential candidates who do not uphold their pledge to support the GOP nominee.