New High of 45% in U.S. Identify as Political Independents

Monday, January 12, 2026

More independents lean Democratic than Republican, giving Democrats edge in party affiliation for first time since 2021. A record-high 45% of U.S. adults identified as political independents in 2025, surpassing the 43% measured in 2014, 2023 and 2024. Meanwhile, equal shares of U.S. adults " 27% each " identified as either Democrats or Republicans.

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... New High of 45% in U.S. Identify as Political Independents ...

I was a registered Republican until the early 2000's when the misogyny of the Republican-affiliated Tea Party came to the fore.

At that point, I left the GOP, and became unaffiliated.

Here in CT there is an Independent Party that just seems to be Republicans who do not want to be called Republicans. If you are not registered as a member of a party, you are unaffiliated.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-12 07:50 PM | Reply

I assume it's whoever Republicants with an IQ north of room temperature that have fled the party of pedophiles, traitors, and thieves.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-12 07:53 PM | Reply

That's the ticket. Take a poll that enables you to delude yourself you have support you don't have.

This is neither a valid measurement of anything substantial nor a successful attempt to drive support somewhere

Just desperation

#3 | Posted by eberly at 2026-01-12 08:21 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

That's the ticket. Take a poll that enables you to delude yourself you have support you don't have. This is neither a valid measurement of anything substantial nor a successful attempt to drive support somewhere Just desperation
#3 | Posted by eberly

What are you getting your panties in a bunch over?

It's a poll indicating that a couple percent more people identify as independents than the year before, with Dems getting three percent more leaners while Repubs lost three.

The American people are by and large just as stupid as we have been for the last 40 years. And, even if we were able to unite all the rational non-MAGAts, it will take more than a generation to undo the damage the GOP has inflicted on our nation in the last year.

Jill Stein 2028!

#4 | Posted by censored at 2026-01-12 08:56 PM | Reply

Beverly's been hitting the Jim Beam again. Hard.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-12 09:03 PM | Reply

Jill Stein 2028!

#4 | Posted by censored

She won't ever win. Only act as a spoiler. Just what Putin wants!

Every vote for Stein is a vote for Trump/MAGA

#6 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-01-12 09:32 PM | Reply