Why is it so hard to know how many independent voters there are?
WEBJun 10, 2024 · According to Gallup, political independents constituted the largest political bloc of voters in 2023, with an annual average of 43% of American voters claiming that label.
US independent voters in swing states: Who are they?
WEBApr 11, 2024 · Independent voters skew younger than both Republicans and Democrats. Of the total, 26% are part of Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, and the majority were not old enough to vote in the ...
Independent voters dominate U.S. while Dems slip to record low: …
WEBAn average of 43% U.S. adults identified as independent in 2023, tying the 2014 high, per data released Friday. Meanwhile, Americans identifying as Democrats hit a new low of 27%. Democrats...
6 facts about U.S. political independents | Pew Research Center
WEBMay 15, 2019 · Nearly four-in-ten U.S. adults (38%) identify as politically independent, but most “lean” toward one of the two major parties. Only 7% of Americans overall don’t express a partisan leaning, while 13% lean toward the Republican Party and 17% lean toward the Democratic Party.
What Surging Numbers of Independent Voters Could Mean for …
WEBApr 4, 2024 · From coast to coast, and in crucial swing states, independent voters are making their voices heard and will have an outsize role in 2024 and beyond.
More Americans Now Identify As ‘Independent’ Than Democrat …
WEBJan 12, 2024 · The percentage of U.S. adults who said they identify as Democrats fell to 27%, according to the survey of more than 12,000 U.S. adults in 2023, representing a drop from 30% in 2020, 31% in 2016...
Independent Party ID Tied for High; Democratic ID at New Low
WEBJan 12, 2024 · Independent identification has been 40% or higher each year since 2011, except for the 2016 (39%) and 2020 (39%) presidential election years. Equal 27% shares of U.S. adults identify as...
The 2020 electorate by party, race, age, education, religion: Key ...
WEBOct 26, 2020 · Around a third of registered voters in the U.S. (34%) identify as independents, while 33% identify as Democrats and 29% identify as Republicans, according to a Center analysis of Americans’ partisan identification based on surveys of more than 12,000 registered voters in 2018 and 2019.
Independent voters are few in number, influential in close …
WEBJun 11, 2024 · By this measure, Gallup’s estimate of independents went from 43% down to 12% of the U.S. electorate. But even that small proportion can have an outsize difference in a country that selects...
The rise of the independents - ASU News
WEBOct 13, 2022 · But voter confidence in the two-party system has taken a marked turn in the 21st century, and today between 40% and 50% of the U.S. electorate – numbers that are growing – have rejected the norm. Independent voters are now the emerging power in American politics.