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Linda Killian is a Washington journalist and the author of The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents and The Freshmen: What Happened to the Republican Revolution? She writes and lectures about politics and public policy and appears frequently on national television as a political analyst.

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Will SCOTUS Say Our Vote Doesn’t Matter?

Rigged System

If the court strikes down an independent congressional redistricting plan ratified by Arizona voters, the ramifications will be disastrous for election reform—and our democracy.

Linda Killian | Published Mar 03, 2015

When Will We See a #Millennial Congress?

Follow/Unfollow

Millennials—rich or otherwise—have been notoriously uninterested in politics. So how do you mobilize a cynical generation?

Linda Killian | Published Dec 26, 2014

Swing Voters Are Real And Win Elections

Undecided

They hate attack ads and want change, but believe the American political system is rigged. But independent voters may be our best hope to fix Washington.

Linda Killian | Published Nov 03, 2014

Independents Who Could Tip the Senate

Mini-Caucus?

Republicans need to pick up six seats to regain control of the Senate, but independents, no longer an afterthought, might win a few races—and even create their own mini-caucus.

Linda Killian | Published Oct 13, 2014

Professor Bets Dems Keep the Senate

Against the Grain

He’s not as well-known as Nate Silver, but Princeton’s Sam Wang has a method, too, and he sees Democrats holding (barely) the upper chamber.

Linda Killian | Published Sep 16, 2014

Declaration of Independents 2014

Shake-Up

Meet the non-partisan candidates changing American politics.

Linda Killian | Published Jul 05, 2014

Independent? You Can’t Vote Here

Stay Out

It’s fundamentally undemocratic when non-Democrats and non-Republicans are shut out in one-party towns.

Linda Killian | Published Apr 03, 2014

Senate Set for Tax Plan Showdown

Add It Up

Ron Wyden gets along with some Republicans better than Harry Reid or the White House. If Democrats let him work across the aisle, we may get the first tax reform in 30 years.

Linda Killian | Published Feb 18, 2014

What the Reviewer Got Wrong

‘Swing Vote’

<p>In his review of <i>The Swing Vote</i>, Ruy Teixeira strings together falsehoods and wrongly argues that swing voters are a myth, a view colored by ignorance and a biased notion of what’s happening in the U.S. electorate, says the book’s author, Linda Killian.</p>

Linda Killian | Published Mar 13, 2012

Haley Barbour’s Pardon Problem

The more than 200 pardons granted by the former Mississippi governor hurt the GOP’s law and order image.

Linda Killian | Published Jan 18, 2012

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