Independent voters aren't all that independent, analysis says

CNN via msn ^ | 15 Mar 2019 | Grace Sparks

[blueplum]

Voters who identify as independents are rarely actually independent -- and the ones who are tend to not care about politics, according to a new analysis by the Pew Research Center.

Independents are often seen as the best possibility for potential candidates to pick up votes outside their bases, but most independents actually "lean" toward one party or another, according to the analysis. Less than 10% of the population say they truly have no partisan lean...

[DoughtyOne]

I’m sure that goes on too.

You know, it seems to me and I’m sure you too, that our side tries to play by the rules. At times we’re even too generous with what we have every right to do, but don’t.

The Democrats just toss the rules out the window. Nothing matters, except instituting full on Communism with all it’s down sides here.

I’m very sick of this nonsense.

[DoughtyOne]

I’ve heard it from him too, but it always made sense to me.

After watching C-Span after they developed three lines, it made it obvious that they did it to make it look like more folks agreed with the Democrats.

No, it was just that they were either talked to two Democrats and one Republican, or the dynamic we’re discussing was in play for real.