Asked to identify with one of a tripartite list of labels — “Democrat, Republican, or independent” — more Americans than ever before are choosing the label “independent.” Fewer are choosing Republican, while the amount identifying as Democrat is staying fairly stable. …
This, to me, appears to be another indicator of Americans’ growing disenfranchisement from their government and from the formal apparatus that supports that system — namely the two parties. CONT.
Frank Newport, Gallup