Elections & Public Integrity
Trump needs a larger coalition
Jay Cost of National Review Online explains why President Trump will need to expand his electoral coalition if he seeks another term in 2020. Simply put, he is a “minority…
Gary Johnson
American politician, businessman, and 29th Governor of New Mexico
Liberty
Antitrust Suit Against the Commission on Presidential Debates Headed for the Supreme Court
Our America Initiative, a nonpartisan advocacy organization, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the following question: Whether the exclusionary rules for participation in presidential debates established by an agreement between the Commission…
Elections & Public Integrity
Leef touts the ‘vote no’ option
George Leef’s latest Forbes column explains why voters ought to be able to vote against candidates. Both of the major party candidates for president this year have unprecedentedly high negative…
Liberty
An observation on Gary Johnson, his support among Democrats, and libertarians
OK, so everyone seems to agree that Gary Johnson is drawing more votes from Hillary than from Trump. That is, except for the fact that the Democratic party candidate is…
Elections & Public Integrity
An election without a mandate
Whatever the outcome of this fall’s presidential election, Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute argues at National Review Online that the winner should not consider victory as a sign of…
Elections & Public Integrity
Potential third-party impact
Susan Ferrechio of the Washington Examiner probes the prospects for third-party impact on this year’s presidential race. Third-party and independent candidates are poised to have a significant impact on the…
Elections & Public Integrity
Placing polls in proper perspective
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute devotes his latest National Review Online column to an exploration of polling data. The latest numbers suggest that Trump’s convention bounce has dissipated, and…
Elections & Public Integrity
Looking for a third-party alternative? National Review columnist bursts your bubble
Ian Tuttle of National Review Online challenges the notion that this year’s presidential election ballot features any viable third-party option. In 1992, Ross Perot, running on no party’s ticket, managed…
Elections & Public Integrity
Trump’s appeal to Thiel
Why might a Donald Trump presidency appeal to a gay Christian libertarian billionaire? Bloomberg Businessweek‘s Max Chafkin and Lizette Chapman try to answer that question in a profile of Peter…
Elections & Public Integrity
The third-party factor
Chris Kahn of Reuters details American voters’ interest in an alternative to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Americans’ demand for an alternative to the two main presidential candidates has surged…
Elections & Public Integrity
A libertarian’s lament
Timothy Carney of the Washington Examiner shares his concerns about the new Libertarian Party presidential ticket. The Libertarian Party just nominated two former governors, New Mexico’s Gary Johnson for president…
Elections & Public Integrity
Stossel ranks the candidates
John Stossel‘s latest column at Human Events offers his assessments of the presidential field. After ranking each candidate (Republican Rand Paul, Libertarian Gary Johnson, and Republican Carly Fiorina top his…