Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Remember all the excitement among Sanders supporters when Rogan endorsed Bernie? [View all]BidenBacker
(1,089 posts)Last I saw about 27% of Indies self-identify as "leaning conservative" and another 23% call themselves "leaning liberal" with the remainder of them identifying as "moderates".
Like you said many of them usually vote Democrat or Republican but they have much less qualms about flipping their vote back and forth than D's and R's do. There are also a LOT of Independents who don't really care for either party rather than favor one or the other.
These Indies are a hugely important group who often make or break elections. I've been mentally using 40% as the number that they make up out of the entire electorate and I just saw in that newer Pew report I linked that they still have them at 38% so they outnumber both Dems or Pubs. Sure hope these guys have been paying close attention the last few years because we're gonna need them to vote smart this time around.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden