Independent Voters Outnumber Republicans And Democrats As Disappointment Spreads

Independent Voters - those not registered with either political party - now outnumber both Democrats and Republicans. These voters, according to interviews, say that they are fed up with both parties and what they believe to be a "rigged system." They aren't exactly wrong, as both parties have severe deficiencies, but it is definitely unfair to say that they are equally disappointing, as Farron Cousins explains.

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According to new polling data, independence, registered independence, and people who just declare themselves free from either political party. Those individuals now outnumber the people who identify as either Democrats or Republicans. The latest numbers are this 46% of voters say that they are independents 28% identify as Democrats and 24% coming in last outta the major parties identify as Republicans, but the 46% identifying as independent is of course, sta statistically significant independent voters are in fact, the ones who decide elections in 2016, Donald Trump won with independent voters by a margin of 4%, 2020 Biden won with independent voters by a margin of 13%. And of course, both of those individuals won, even though Donald Trump did not win the popular vote in 2016, he did win the electoral vote. And it's because the independent voters pushed him over that threshold. So what does this mean? Well, it means both parties are in trouble and unfortunately, independent voters when disillusioned with the system taken out party that currently holds power. That is statistically and historically what these voters do. And considering the fact that they make up a voting block that is effectively double what the other two parties are. Basically, they're gonna decide this election. So it doesn't bode well that Congress recently received its historically approval rating ever.

So that's bad for Democrats. And I gotta be honest here. There's several things I wanna point out. Is it fair to say as these voters do, according to interviews, they did with truth out that the system is rigged, right? The two party system is here to stay. It's rigged, they're shutting out other competition. Is that fair to say, hell yeah, it's fair to say. That is what happens. 23 states, including pretty much every swing state has closed primaries. So if you're not a registered independent, you don't get a voice in those primaries at all. And yes, that is a problem. That's actually something that many years ago I was in favor of closed primaries, but I realized how wrong I am about that. So no primaries should in fact be open. But the other problem that the Democrats have is that these voters view both parties as just totally corrupted, which to a degree is an accurate statement, but it's also not an accurate statement.

Let me tell you what I mean in terms of being corrupted by corporate money. Yeah. Both parties are guilty, but there's differing levels of guilt here. Right? I, we know Democrats like mansion and cinema and some of the other Democrats out there that always make the headlines for voting against the good things that's corruption, right? They get the corporate money. They vote in favor of what the corporations want them to Republican can do it to a much larger degree. And of course you do have some Democrats who are totally free of this corporate influence. You can't say the same on the Republican side. So no, it's not exactly even not to mention disillusioned and disappointed with both parties. Totally understand that. But let's also think for a second that we have one party that is actively at, out there right now, wanting to kill you.

And I'm not saying that as hyperbole in the past week, we have seen different Republicans talk about one, either killing women by giving them the death penalty. If they seek an abortion or two killing transgender activists, putting them in front of a firing squad, I believe was the exact quote. So yes, uh, there literally is one political party that if you don't fit within their guidelines of being a straight white person, they're okay with you dying. So yeah, I I'd say that's a pretty big difference between the Democrats and the are Republicans. So when I say things like it's fair and it's unfair to, you know, say both parties are corrupted, it's fair because they are both corrupted. It is unfair to put them on that equally terrible footing. And we see this happen, even with people on the left who say, oh, Democrats and Republicans are terrible.