News in Brief The Sneaky Silencing of Third-Party Politicians A smorgasbord of out-of-touch laws make it nearly impossible for third-party politicians to ever really stand a chance. Randy LoBasso
News in Brief Independents Are the Hipsters of American Politics What does identifying as an independent tell us about how somebody will vote? As it turns out, not much. Research suggests this is a (surprisingly large) group that’s focused more on image than policy. Eric Horowitz
News in Brief ‘Independent’ Voters Are Generally Not They are prized by pollsters, but are smaller in number and less influential than most think. Tom Jacobs