Courting the 35 Million Independent Voters, Who Wield Mighty but Unpredictable Election Power

‘This is an ideologically diverse group of voters,’ said Jong Eun Lee, assistant professor of political science at North Greenville University.

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For more than 35 million registered U.S. voters, there is neither a donkey nor an elephant in the room. They are the third-party or “unaffiliated” voters, who either support a different party or are too fed up with politics as usual to join the Democratic or Republican parties.

These voters hold significant power to swing elections. They’re the wild card in a world that prefers predictable electoral conditions, with endless studies and polls.