... definitely invalid reasoning. It is based on the assumption that the same people call themselves independents. It is also a notable fact that the number of self described Republicans is at a record low. ... , I do claim that people who interpert changes in the distribution of views of independents have not presented any evidence that it is false. More seriously, they haven't considered the ...

... who think that President Obama is moving too slowly, but mostly because of anxious suburban independents who think he is moving too fast. In Pennsylvania, there was an eight-point swing away from the ... ? The first thing to say is that this recession has hit the new suburbs hardest, exactly where independents are likely to live. According to a survey by the National Center for Suburban Studies at ...

... are superior party unity and pretty overwhelming support from independents. In NY-23 despite the presence more or less of two Republican candidates on ... of gay marriage while 71% of Democrats are opposed to it. Independents say they'll vote for it by a 52-46 margin. In ... bad candidates or they're unhappy with President Obama, independents are giving the GOP very high levels of support. It ...

... , unemployment, bailouts of big corporations and corruption. I certainly wouldn't look at the increase in independents as just a conservative movement related to the Republican Party. There are ... , but, rather, seeking to limit power by insisting on change in Washington D.C. Many independents thought they were getting change with a new type of president in Barack Obama, but increased ...

... Research Center, in fact, show the share of Americans identifying themselves as independents at a historic high. This is more than an abstract finding. There is an important contest under way ... week finds a stunning 42% of those surveyed identifying themselves as political independents, well more than those who call themselves either Democrats (33%) or Republicans (20%). The independent ...

... conservatives are maintaining their edge as the top ideological group is that independents appear to be moving to the right: Changes among political independents appear to be the main reason the percentage of conservatives has increased nationally over the past year: the 35% of independents describing their views as conservative in 2009 is up from 29% in 2008. Here&# ...