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Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ebola Politics, Jacob Sullum on Guns and Mental Health, LP Senate Candidate Chad Grimm, U.S. Aid to ISIS, Gay-Marry-Me-or-Else!, Keene = Ferguson?, and After-show

Matt Welch | 10.20.2014 8:20 PM

Politics

Poll: 53% of Americans Satisfied with House and Senate Candidates; Independent and Independent-Leaning Republicans Least Satisfied

Emily Ekins and Melanie Sitzer | 10.20.2014 4:46 PM

Politics

Maine Rep. Larry Lockman Finds It's Hard to Live Down Pro-Rape Comments

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.20.2014 4:40 PM

Politics

Poll: 53% of Americans Satisfied with House and Senate Candidates; Independent and Independent-Leaning Republicans Least Satisfied

Emily Ekins and Melanie Sitzer | 10.20.2014 4:15 PM

Politics

NSA Opponent Mark Udall Could Lose Senate Seat

Lucian McMahon | 10.20.2014 3:59 PM

Politics

Ebola Infects Democrats' Election Hopes

This is the issue they fall on?

Reason Staff | 10.20.2014 2:44 PM

Politics

Early Voting Starts in 34 States

Election Day has turned into Election Month

Reason Staff | 10.20.2014 10:30 AM

Politics

Is Barbra Streisand's Plea for Democrats a Stroke of Genius or Sign of Desperation?

Nick Gillespie | 10.20.2014 10:28 AM

Election 2014

Obama to Rally Votes for Embattled Illinois Governor

It would be a bit embarrassing to lose the home state.

Reason Staff | 10.17.2014 3:52 PM

Ballot Initiatives

Guns, Drugs, and Money: Here's What's on State and Local Ballots in the 2014 Midterms

Ballot initiatives across the country offer more substance in the midterm elections than the battle for Senate control.

Scott Shackford | 10.16.2014 4:30 PM

Election 2014

Will a Libertarian Play Spoiler in the Illinois Governor's Race?

Scott Shackford | 10.16.2014 3:25 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: John Stossel on the Constitution, Ebola Blame, Iraq WMDs, Hong Kong Violence, Bad Polls for Everyone, and our Weekly Enemy of Freedom

Matt Welch | 10.15.2014 8:26 PM

Politics

Democrats' House Hopes in Disarray

Looks like open season on donkeys.

Reason Staff | 10.15.2014 3:01 PM

Politics

Microsoft Predicts Who Will Win Midterm Elections

Zenon Evans | 10.15.2014 11:15 AM

Politics

Ebola: Election 2014's 'October Surprise'

Issue particularly fraught for Democrats

Reason Staff | 10.15.2014 9:35 AM

Politics

Poll: Third-Party Voters Side With Democrats on Police and Foreign Policy and with Republicans on Economics

Emily Ekins | 10.15.2014 8:45 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: South Dakota Independent Senate Candidate Larry Pressler, Dems Fleeing Obama, The Invisible Ebola Czar, Zuckerberg's Millions, the One-Man Highway, Michael Moynihan, Mollie Hemingway, Michael Weiss, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 10.14.2014 8:34 PM

Election 2014

Senate Future Continues to Lean Right, But Will It Actually Tip Over?

Scott Shackford | 10.14.2014 11:25 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ebola Politics, Gary Johnson on Libertarian 'Spoilers,' LP Senate Candidate Amanda Swafford, Columbus Day Partying, Bobby Bones on Football Hazing, and After-show!

Matt Welch | 10.13.2014 8:34 PM

Texas

Wendy Davis Defends Wheelchair Ad

...by calling her opponent a hypocrite.

Reason Staff | 10.13.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

The GOP's 2016 Shadow Primary Has Already Begun

Peter Suderman | 10.13.2014 3:41 PM

Politics

Do Libertarian Party Candidates Always Pull From Republicans?

Nick Gillespie | 10.13.2014 1:35 PM

Gay Marriage

Huckabee Threatens to Walk If GOP Backs Off on Gay Marriage

Scott Shackford | 10.13.2014 11:20 AM

Politics

Watch This Democratic Senate Candidate Repeatedly Refuse to Say Whether She Voted for President Obama

Peter Suderman | 10.10.2014 2:32 PM

Politics

Pelosi-Bashing Gains Popularity—With Democrats

We should all be able to agree that Nancy Pelosi is horrible.

Reason Staff | 10.9.2014 2:27 PM

Politics

Polls Looking Good for GOP Next Month

Reason Staff | 10.8.2014 6:57 PM

Politics

A Libertarian Party Moment?

Three high-polling L.P. candidates contemplate a possible banner year for the third party

Brian Doherty | 10.8.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Democrats Steer Clear of Obama in 2014 Election

So much for the candidate of "hope."

Reason Staff | 10.8.2014 10:15 AM

Election 2014

House Dems: Labor, Environmental Groups Abandoning Us Ahead of Election

Hard not to?

Reason Staff | 10.7.2014 8:45 AM

Politics

Lindsey Graham 'Nowhere Near' a Presidential Run, Lucky for Us All

Patrick Hannaford | 10.6.2014 4:44 PM

Politics

What to Expect from a GOP Congress

Will it matter if the Republicans retake Congress next month?

Ira Stoll | 10.6.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Let's Take Babies Out of Politics

Nick Gillespie | 10.5.2014 10:29 AM

Elections

The 10 Most Vulnerable Governors in the Country

Reason Staff | 10.4.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Please Don't Vote

The biggest fans of "democracy" treat this orgy of vacuous lever pulling as if it were sacred or patriotic. It's neither.

David Harsanyi | 10.3.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Republicans are Shifting on Social Issues. That's a Lesson for Democrats.

Peter Suderman | 10.3.2014 2:06 PM

Lindsey Graham

Let's All Stop for a Moment to Consider a President Lindsey Graham

Scott Shackford | 10.3.2014 11:15 AM

Senate

GOP Surges in Alaska Senate Race

It's in the bag.

Reason Staff | 10.2.2014 3:30 PM

Politics

Could This Be the Start of Something Beautiful for the Libertarian Party?

Stephanie Slade | 10.1.2014 1:25 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: DON'T PANIC, S.S. Follies, Libertarian Spoilers, Peter Suderman on Obamacare, Why Are We Still in Afghanistan, Intel vs. Obama, Plastic Bans, Are Hot Dogs Sandwiches, and Aftershow!

Matt Welch | 9.30.2014 8:08 PM

Politics

Jim Webb for President?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.30.2014 11:52 AM

Politics

Poll Predicts Libertarian Spoiler in North Carolina Senate Race

Patrick Hannaford | 9.29.2014 5:15 PM

Republican Party

Increasingly Likely: GOP Takes Senate

Not looking good for the Donkey Party.

Reason Staff | 9.29.2014 4:00 PM

Politics

Return of the Aqua Buddha! Rand Paul Survives Another Long Magazine Feature

Matt Welch | 9.29.2014 11:35 AM

Politics

The Best Campaign Rap Video You'll See All Day, feat. Wyclef Jean

Nick Gillespie | 9.29.2014 10:13 AM

Social Conservatism

Gay Marriage-Bashing Not on Red Meat Menu Served by Cruz, Paul at Value Voters Summit

Scott Shackford | 9.26.2014 2:55 PM

Politics

Why Would Anyone Want Mitt Romney to Run for President in 2016?

Peter Suderman | 9.25.2014 1:46 PM

Politics

The GOP Can Always Get Worse—And It Will (Midterm Election Copout Edition)

Nick Gillespie | 9.21.2014 10:10 AM

Senate

Kansas Supreme Court Removes Democrat from Senate Ballot

He dropped out of race, but battle ensued over removing him from ballot, thereby helping independent candidate

Reason Staff | 9.18.2014 6:35 PM