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A record number of Americans claim to be independent. They are kidding themselves
Thursday, January 8, 2015 20:34
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More than four in 10 Americans — 43 percent — say they are political independents in a new Gallup poll. That's a new record high.
It's also highly misleading.
What we have here isn't so much a rise in political independence as much as a rise in the desire to be labeled “independent.” Indeed, almost every indicator shows that the American people are actually becoming more polarized, more electorally predictable, and less swing-y — i.e. less independent.
Witness these two polls …. http://www.washingtonpost.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-record-number-of-americans-claim-to.html
