On June 21, the California Green Party posted this appeal to the chairs of the two California legislative committees that handle election law to hold hearings on how the top-two system has worked in California. In California and other states, … Continue reading
On June 21, Fairleigh Dickinson University Polls released a poll for the November 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial race. The results: Democratic 48%, Republican 33%, “someone else” 4%; don’t know or won’t vote 14%. See this story. The poll did not … Continue reading
Lee Drutman uses political science research to show persuasively that the current polarization in the United States is caused by our two-party system. See his FiveThirtyEight.com article here. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link. … Continue reading
On June 21, Bill King revealed that he has joined the SAM Party, and is the state chair of that party in Texas. King was a candidate for Mayor of Houston in 2015. In the December 12 run-off, he was … Continue reading
According to this story, the Ohio Senate has amended the budget bill to add a provision for party labels on the November ballot for State Supreme Court races. Ohio elects its Supreme Court justices in candidate-versus-candidate elections. Parties nominate for … Continue reading
