CNN Grants Johnson and Weld Another Opportunity to Shine by Josh Guckert On June 22, CNN granted to the Libertarian Party ticket of Gary Johnson and William Weld seemingly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to appear on national television in a town hall segment with Chris Cuomo. The network just announced that it will replicate the one-hour…
Paul Not Satisfied with 2016 Candidates by Josh Guckert In an interview with Futures Now on CNBC, Ron Paul said that he will not vote for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. He further insisted that he remains on the lookout for a third candidate. During the interview, Paul was asked who would be better for markets….
By Brett Chandrasekhar It’s no secret that Gary Johnson has been doing a poor job reaching out to conservatives. In a recent interview with Dana Loesch, he dropped the ball once again, leaving her with the impression he was as bad as Obama and worse than Trump on gun rights. I’ll post the audio of…
Johnson Wants the Never Hillary Vote By: Elias J. Atienza Governor Gary Johnson, the Libertarian presidential candidate, has been courting Bernie Sanders supporters disillusioned with the Democratic Party. Ever since the senator endorsed Hillary Clinton, his supporters have been searching for new homes, many coming to support Johnson, the Green Party’s Jill Stein, or even…
By Aya Katz Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton agree: the minimum wage should go up. Yet neither of them seem to have considered the consequences. When the minimum wage goes up, black teens lose their jobs. According to economists William Even from Miami University and David MacPherson from Trinity University, based on a sampling of 600,000…
Maybe Trump’s scare-tactics are not so effective after all. A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that a majority of American voters support free trade and immigration. The national poll comes in light of incessant attacks from both the left and right on the merits of free-trade, and the fear-mongering from Republicans about the…
by Chris Slavens Sen. Bernie Sanders is blasting the Democratic National Committee following the release of emails proving that the DNC sabotaged his primary campaign, but remains supportive of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. The treasure trove of nearly 20,000 emails, published by WikiLeaks on Friday, reveals that top Democrats conspired to undermine Sanders’ campaign against Clinton, targeting even…
Hordes of people on both sides of the political spectrum are completely disillusioned with this election. While conventional political wisdom and social pressure leaves many voters feeling stuck between two horrendous options, the reality is both major parties are extremely vulnerable right now. If only a viable third option existed… Both parties are sending loud messages…
Gary Johnson hits 26% in Utah’s 4th District By Chris Slavens A new internal poll from Utah Rep. Mia Love’s campaign suggests that Libertarian nominee Gov. Gary Johnson is in a statistical tie with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the Beehive State’s 4th Congressional District, and closing in on the state’s six electoral votes. At 29%, Trump…
More People Like Him than Dislike Him as Well By: Elias J. Atienza Governor Gary Johnson, the Libertarian nominee, is beating Hillary Clinton among independents in New Hampshire, according to a new poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. The poll, conducted from July 9 to July 18 polled 532 people from…