May 8, 2021
Former President Donald Trump has claimed at times that he’ll start a third political party called the Patriot Party. In fact, most Americans 62% in a recent poll say they’d welcome the chance to vote for a third party.
In almost any other democracy, those Americans would get their wish. In the Netherlands, for instance, even a small “third” party called the Party for the Animals composed of animal rights supporters, not dogs and cats won 3.2% of the legislative vote in 2017 and earned five seats, out of 150, in the national legislature.
Yet in the U.S., candidates for the House of Representatives from the Libertarian Party, the most successful of U.S. minor parties, won not a single House seat in 2020, though Libertarians got over a million House votes. Neither did the Working Families Party, with 390,000 votes, or the Legalize Marijuana Now Party, whose U.S. Senate candidate from Minnesota won 185,000 votes.
Feb 9, 2021 / 08:42 AM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial will begin in the Senate. The trial is historic and political experts say it will impact all Americans.
“There is a bit of an opportunity cost here for everyday Americans,”
Steven Webster is an assistant professor of Political Science at Indiana University and said the impeachment trial is important for the American democratic process, but that the time spent focused on the trial does comes with a cost.
“Every second, every minute that the Senate spends on the impeachment trial is a second or a minute that they are not spending on passing legislation,” said Webster.
Indiana Republican Lawmakers Plan to Vote Against Certifying Electoral College Results
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) The final fight of the 2020 election is set for Wednesday afternoon. Congress will meet at 1 p.m. on Jan. 6, to certify the electoral vote. However, a number of Republicans are vowing to challenge the count, including three Indiana lawmakers.
Senator Mike Braun, Representative Jackie Walorski, and Representative Jim Banks said they will vote against certifying the election results on Wednesday unless there is an audit. Representative Victoria Spartz’s office said she is reviewing all of the relevant information and will make a decision ahead of the vote.