Mary Ann Sieghart: We need more independents to break the stranglehold - The Independent
28 May 2012, 6:06 am
Mary Ann Sieghart has been writing about politics since the mid-1980s. After stints at the FT and Today newspaper, she joined The Economist in 1986 as Political Correspondent. In 1988, she moved to become Assistant Editor of The Times, where she spent 19 ...

COMMENTARY: 5 myths about growing bloc of independents - Kennebec Journal
27 May 2012, 7:44 pm
Forty percent of all registered voters are independents -- the highest figure since Gallup started keeping track half a century ago. Since 2008, 2.5 million voters have left the two major parties to become independents, which is now a larger ...

GREENS MAINTAIN SUPPORT FOR MP PAY FREEZE - Tasmanian Greens
27 May 2012, 6:25 pm
The Tasmanian Greens today called on the Labor and Liberal parties and all independents Upper House to commit to working constructively to find a solution to the current impasse over MPs’ pay. Greens Leader Nick McKim MP said it was important to find a ...

Red Mind, Blue Mind: Are There Really Any independents? - Huffington Post
25 May 2012, 10:45 pm
Many voters have already made up their minds about whom they will vote for in November. Indeed, for the reddest of the red and the bluest of the blue, there was never any doubt about how they would cast their ballots. But interestingly, as the country has ...

Hot Ticket: Bruce Peninsula, The independents, Curren$y, Joe Pug, Langhorne Slim & The Law, Ha Ha Tonka - blogto.com
25 May 2012, 3:36 pm
Drop everything you're doing and go to this show. Trust me, you won't regret it, because Bruce Peninsula is quite simply one of the most astounding acts I've ever had the pleasure of coming across. It's difficult to even tag them with a genre--they blend ...

Mitt Romney lags with N.H. independents - The Boston Globe
25 May 2012, 7:57 am
Republican Mitt Romney’s resounding primary victory in New Hampshire was tarnished by an underlying statistic: More than half of the independents voting in the GOP contest, according to exit polls, supported the second- and third-place ...

independents and Speaker back off Craig Thomson censure motion - The Australian
22 May 2012, 8:40 pm
Tony Abbott has accused the federal government of conducting a 'revolting spectacle' around Craig Thomson. CONTEMPT of parliament allegations against Craig Thomson have been put before the powerful privileges committee, amid opposition claims he ...

Gallup: Gay marriage stance could cost Obama among independents - Los Angeles Times
11 May 2012, 2:33 pm
About one in four Americans say that President Obama's support for same-sex marriage makes it less likely they'll support him this fall, with far more saying it will have no impact on their vote, a new Gallup poll finds. An additional 13% of the registered ...

DCCC Chair Says independents Are Key to Democrats Retaking the House - NewsHour
10 May 2012, 6:02 pm
Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel of New York told reporters Thursday he was ready for another big swing ...

Romney polling well with independents as Obama campaign kicks off - CBS News
6 May 2012, 6:57 pm
(CBS News) WASHINGTON - A new Politico-George Washington University poll shows Mitt Romney leading President Obama by one point, 48 to 47 percent. In that poll, independent voters prefered Romney by a ten-point margin. Over the weekend ...