A growing number of Americans identify as independents; a January Gallup poll found that a record-high 45 percent of U.S. voters called themselves independents in 2025. Most of them said they lean more toward the Democratic Party than the GOP — 20 percent Democratic leaders to 15 percent Republican leaders. According to Gallup, independents’ approval of Trump collapsed, causing them to align with Democrats. And that’s something the party-switching candidates hope to capitalize on.
Every pundit wants to point to the fact that “a growing number of Americans identify as independents” but much like this article, refuse to mention the issues or policies. Things not mentioned in this article: housing, choice, abortion, health care, medicare, data centers, wage, inequality, gas prices, war, Iran.
Hot: ex-GOP Navy helicopter pilot
Not: Navy helicopter pilot
[Navy helicopter pilot Rebecca Bennett] running in New Jersey against Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr., expressed frustration with the hyper-partisan environment in Congress, arguing that partisanship has led only to a higher cost of living for Americans, including in her district. “I led missions in some of the most challenging environments on earth,” Bennett said of her 15 years in the military. “We served not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans who were there to serve our nation and get the mission done.”
With candidates like that - It doesn’t even matter if they win or the GOP wins. Same shit.
Things not mentioned in this article: housing, choice, abortion, health care, medicare, data centers, wage, inequality, gas prices, war, Iran.
That actually made me laugh out loud. Sigh.
So…did they actually change their minds, or are democrats so pathetic they’re letting the GOP run under their party if they’re worried they spent too much political capital?
Though Trump’s support has slipped during his second term, 81 percent of Republicans still support him, and his GOP support has fallen by only seven percentage points since the beginning of his second term, according to polls taken by The Washington Post.
