Poll: Independents hit record high

[pwaldo]

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...82.html?hp=r10

The number of Americans who identify themselves as independents reached a record high in 2013, according to a new poll analysis, as Democrats remained flat and Republicans hit a record low.

Based on an analysis of its polling in 2013, Gallup found that 42 percent of Americans identified as independents last year, the highest it has been since the firm began telephone polling a quarter-century ago. Republican identification hit a record low, at 25 percent of Americans, while Democrats held at 31 percent, where they’ve been for four years.

When independents are asked to choose which party they lean toward, Democrats maintain an edge. Forty-seven percent of Americans are either Democrats or lean Democratic, while 41 percent said they are Republican or lean Republican. That margin is slightly wider than last year and much larger than in 2010 and 2011, when the parties were neck and neck.

Gallup used results from 13 polls in 2013, which sampled 18,871 adults. The margin of error is plus or minus 1 percentage points.

[JustAlex]

GOOD!

I really hope one day we'll get rid of this stupid two party system.

The Democrats are cowards and failures.

The GOP is the most clownish thing I have ever seen, they make fundamentalists look good by comparison.

[Wickabee]

Until you people stop voting against the other party, you're stuck.

[centrehice]

With no Party. Lol

What a nightmare. Politics in the USA will always be a sham if you continue down the 2 Party Road. You can say you are an Independent all your like, but that does not translate into a democracy.

You are a Republic, keep that in mind.

[Wickabee]

The potential for more parties is there, but the current two are very good at telling the nation to fight each other, and the nation keeps rewarding them with votes because "I just hate (party x) so much more."

[ajcorleone]

Hmm I wonder if Ross Perot could have made a difference?

[Wickabee]

You'd think he'd be a good listener...

[deansayso]

You'd think he'd be a good listener...

Haven't quit laughing. Thanks for making my week!