Commentary: I'm an independent. But I'm casting a party-line vote in the midterm election
by Conor Friedersdorf, Los Angeles Times
Nov 02, 2018
2 minutes
Voters who declare themselves independent of partisan affiliation are ascendant in the American electorate.
In 2016, the Pew Research Center found that 34 percent described themselves as politically independent, outnumbering self-described Democrats (33 percent) and Republicans (29 percent).
In California, voters who decline to declare any party affiliation reportedly surpassed registered Republicans this year, becoming the second largest voting bloc, behind Democrats. (Two decades
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