While Congress has twice mandated the use of single-member districts (SMD) for electing members of Congress (once in 1842 and again in 1967), state legislatures are at liberty to determine how their representatives will be elected.
Jon Stewart to moderate a presidential debate reached 300,000 signatures on Tuesday. The petitioners' starting goal was just 150,000 signatures, which the petition quickly surpassed after going viral.
Often times people use the term "buying an election" when they discuss money in politics and how much special interests spend to support or oppose a candidate. However, one 2016 presidential candidate is literally going to buy an election so he can run for re-election in his current seat and run for president at the same time.
Donald Trump's Instagram account is star-studded, full of personality, and features no-nonsense straight talk -- much like the Donald himself. Here are 10 reasons why if you are not following Trump's Instagram account, you should be:
Since August 2014, the city of Detroit has been cutting off water supply to residents and businesses in an effort to collect outstanding payments to the Detroit Water and Sewage Department (DWSD). The events sparked protest, outrage, and disbelief from locals, while U.N.
With three weeks left in this year's legislative session, California has entered the "Top Two" season.
With the Capitol in the twilight of its annual calendar, a number of seminal bills requiring compromise – especially those requiring bipartisan votes – will come to the floors in the Assembly and the Senate.
"No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men." - Thomas Carlyle, 19th century Scottish philosopher
The past few weeks have seen the cool-dead thump of the fall from grace of various heroes from multiple ilks and areas of society -- from the Ashley Madison hack to the embarrassments of the primary season, with no let up in sight. Nothing makes the news quite like a marred poster-child.
When Donald Trump talks about illegal immigration, ending birthright citizenship, and uses the term "anchor babies," it gets a lot of attention from the media and from the Democratic Party, who like the portray the GOP front-runner as racist for his comments. Yet, it was not long ago when some leading Democrats shared the same views about illegal immigrants.
KENTUCKY -- After entering the race with a petition of 9,000 signatures in early August, Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Drew Curtis' campaign is now in full swing. The founder of news aggregator Fark.com is running as an independent along with his wife and running mate, Heather Curtis, in this year's election.