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Meanwhile, red/blue partisanship has declined and more independent (non-partisan) voters emerge. The article is blowing smokes up where the sun doesn’t shine.
by egberts1 5y ago
Meanwhile, red/blue partisanship has declined and more independent (non-partisan) voters emerge.
The article is blowing smokes up where the sun doesn’t shine.
Meanwhile, http://www.stevenwwebster.com/negative-partisanship-rabid.pdf http://www.stevenwwebster.com/negative-partisanship-rabid.pd...
- oh_sigh 5y agoI don't think it is safe to say that more independents means less partisanship. If people are going independent because they see themselves as somewhere between Rs and Ds, then sure. But if they go independent because they think the Rs are not right enough, or the Ds are not left enough, then that is only an example of magnifying partisanship.
- IIAOPSW 5y agoI view the "independent" label to actually just mean "my party isn't part of my identity." Most "independents" consistently vote for one party, they just aren't married to it in principle.
- egberts1 5y agoor it could be that political parties needs to reform themselves to accommodate the general public (and not the paying corporate bigwigs?)