Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Robin Webb, a longtime state lawmaker from Carter County, is the latest mountain Democrat to defect to the Republican Party. ...

I’ve been following the New Democratic Party leadership contest on and off— on when it’s interesting and off the rest of the time. It’s more interesting than you might think. The race doesn’t seem to ...

It has become crystal clear with the recently Republican approved redistricting map, anti-abortion bills, anti-marijuana changes, and many other recent bills, that they have no interest in what the ...

A viable third party is the great white whale of American politics — but Elon Musk appears willing to try it anyway. But political experts say his billions would be better spent buying him influence ...

Elon Musk’s July 5 announcement that he’s starting a new political party could be consequential, but only if the world’s richest man maintains a sustained interest in the effort. Over the past three ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Those who say the two-party system is simply obsolete are ignoring that we need a healthy government and ...

James Carville Gives a Terrifying Glimpse of Democrats’ Future Governing Agenda Emerging Threats Require Proactive American Innovation A Brave Democrat Fights Corruption in Her Own Party Let’s Make ...

Muskego, WI — Wisconsin Secretary of State candidate Pete Karas is criticizing both elected Republicans and Democrats for what he calls a long-standing failure to confront climate change despite ...

For years, voters have voiced frustration with both major parties. Unspun asks if there is room for a real third party in American politics, or are we locked into a two-party system? As more Americans ...

It occurs to me that the two-party system does not work anymore. The Republicans voice an idea and the Democrats say no way. And the same is true the other way around. What happens? Not a thing. There ...

The polling expert said that if Reform UK and the Greens gained significant numbers of councils and councillors, they would ...