Polls resleased by MSNBC News show the drop in the percentage of people who now claim to be Republicans from 27 percent to 18 percent, a drop of 9 percent. We also know the Democrats lost in this poll ...

For years I have been writing about the need for a third party and for independent candidates. With Congress now polling at 13 percent, it seems the majority of you agree. I have encouraged you to ...

In 2006, veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan restarted one of America’s oldest political parties, the Whig Party, and called themselves the Modern Whig Party. The Whig Party of Minnesota is ...

Robert "Heshy" Bucholz is seen in this undated photo provided by Bucholz. A member of the Modern Whig party, Bucholz campaigned door-to-door and beat his Democratic opponent 36-24 on Tuesday, Nov. 6, ...

Many Americans express disappointment with the state of affairs in Washington. Particular concerns are gridlock caused by extreme views on either side of the political aisle and seeming indifference ...

After winning an election on a platform of pragmatism and compromise, Robert "Heshy" Bucholz, 39, is set to become what many believe will be the first Whig to hold elected office in Philadelphia since ...

There is no excuse for our federal government shutdown, and like many other Americans I do blame both major parties for this shutdown. I will thank both major parties for helping people choose to join ...

(AP) The Democratic bastion of Philadelphia has elected a Whig to public office. Voters chose Robert “Heshy” Bucholz (BUCK’-holtz), a member of the Modern Whig party, to be an election judge in the ...

Though you may remember it from high-school history class, the Whig Party gave America some of the most utterly forgettable presidents of the 1800s. (If the names Millard Fillmore, Zachary Taylor and ...

WASHINGTON (Tuesday, June 22, 2010) - As the Democrats and Republicans continue to spiral into unprecedented depths of polarization, recent events have highlighted the fact that the original ideals of ...

Tired of Democrats and Republicans? Do Rush Limbaugh, Keith Olbermann, Ann Coulter and Rachel Maddow leave you cold? Well, it may be time to bring back the Whigs. You remember the Whig Party from your ...