Thed term "independant" is a cop-out in this presidential election

[CrowGirl]

Originally Posted by Enough_Already

I am not talking about registration, I am talking about people who say they are independent in this election.

Not sure what you mean by "independent in this election." I am independent by registration and independent in this election in the sense that I don't care for either major candidate. Not everyone is aggressively partisan.

[Shallow Hal]

Originally Posted by CrowGirl

Not sure what you mean by "independent in this election." I am independent by registration and independent in this election in the sense that I don't care for either major candidate. Not everyone is aggressively partisan.

That and you're embarrassed to admit you voted for Trump.

[bu2]

The number of people affiliating with either party continues to shrink. There are more independents.

[MAGAalot]

Democrats are shrinking, while Republicans are gaining-

There are still more people registered as Democrats than Republicans in the battleground states of Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, but Republicans have been gaining ground.

There are multiple forces at play: Republicans are making strides with registering voters, the two-party system is losing its appeal — especially with young people — and Democrats are being purged from the rolls as they either move out of those states or aren't showing up at the polls.

"The people who have been removed from the file since [2016] are more Democrats than Republicans," said Tom Bonier, CEO of TargetSmart, a nonprofit politics data firm. "Overwhelmingly, those people didn't vote in 2016. What that tells you is these are people who had already either moved from the state or already died prior to November 2016, and they just hadn't been removed at that point."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/voter-r...es-narrow-gap/