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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 | Newsworthy 1

Every vote for Trump MAGA is a Vote for Trump MAGA.

Nobody OWES anyone their Vote.

The Entitlement is Rich.

Earn their votes. By Being Actual Democrats.

Not Republican Lite.

The Rush to the Center is the problem.

Bernie would have Stomped Trump in 2016.

But it was Hillary's "Turn".

There were no Primaries for Kamala.

It was her "Turn" Too.

The DNC never learns.

#7 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-12 11:03 PM | Reply

-What are you getting your panties in a bunch over?

Only that it's 100% not true. This country isn't generating more independents.

the forces against it are massively too powerful.

The entire media and both parties to start.........100% against the notion of independents.

I've love it but don't fool yourself.

no chance

#8 | Posted by eberly at 2026-01-12 11:07 PM | Reply

Chance.

Who made you God?

#9 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-12 11:18 PM | Reply

jill Stein having a blast with Putin

Red Alert: Putin Puppet Jill Stein and her Russia-Friendly Agenda | Third  Way

#10 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-01-13 09:53 AM | Reply

Democratic-Leaning Independents Give Democrats Edge

Smells like desperation when the overwhelming conclusion is that the majority of US voters are done with both parties.

Sorry to say it, but this should shake progressives a bit. The time to push your self-righteousness is NOT now. We need to survive as a nation before we go back to trying to fix societal issues.

So yes, you're going to have to stomach centrist policies and politicians if that is going to be successful.

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-13 11:28 AM | Reply

The American people are by and large just as stupid as we have been for the last 40 years.

Actually, I feel like unaffiliated/independent declaration growth gives me a little bit of faith.

I just hope it's confirmed in the coming election cycle when the Dems follow the lesson learned this past November to pick a candidate that matches the district they're running in, not the national DNC advisors and idiots that lost to Trump a second time.

Which, as I said, means stomaching centrist candidates in a majority of districts/elections.

Taking their ball and going home again in the midterms will be the coup de grace of the United States as we know it.

#12 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-13 11:32 AM | Reply

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

So you voted for McCain?


Only that it's 100% not true. This country isn't generating more independents.

the forces against it are massively too powerful.

I think it is, as the parties horse shoe towards totalitarianism, it leaves alot of stragglers behind.

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-13 11:45 AM | Reply

I think it is, as the parties horse shoe towards totalitarianism, it leaves alot of stragglers behind.

#13 | Posted by oneironaut

I was going to mention the saying about 1/3 of the population killing another 1/3 of the population while the other 1/3 watched...

But it seems there is no source attributable to it as Werner Herzog is apparently misattributed as the source.

Anywho, I think it applies still, even if we don't know who actually said it. Our numbers are just a little bit off with about 1/4 wanting to kill another 1/4 while 1/2 watches.

Although the way things are going, I don't think that 1/2 are just idle accepting it.

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-13 11:53 AM | Reply

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