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Sorry to say this, but a single third party is just a spoiler, dude. It’ll probably take five or six parties to represent that theoretical 80 percent. And major electoral reform.

This year, the IALA is welcoming its new class of mentees for their fifth annual Mentorship Program—which will run until ...

The long-rumoured left party has finally been soft-launched by Zarah Sultana. While the mainstream media relitigates the ...

Revisiting the origins of American democracy. By Jill Lepore. In 1938, if you had a dollar and seventy-two cents, you could ...

Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles must be considered its father.

Ancient Greece is where the first form of direct democracy was developed. It was called demokratia, literally meaning "rule ...

Concern over ICE tactics; Tillis blows up N.C. Senate race; SupCo may throw parties a lifeline; Greene with envy; Hacking ...

The diagram said what words couldn’t: this wasn’t just a company, it was a stranglehold on the economy. In 1911, the US ...

The Constitution also gives the states broad powers to regulate and run national elections. State legislatures have used those powers to pass gerrymandering, voter suppression and other ...

God knows today’s right indulges in plenty of absurdly overheated rhetoric, but can Democrats please quit proclaiming the end of democracy over every trivial affront?

While Australia’s faith in democracy is a welcome contrast to declines in the United States, Australia must also be consistently vigilant to safeguard its own democracy. Poll results demonstrating ...