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I miss when the quiet part was kept quiet
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The results in any election? 27% claim independent, yet any major election is vastly R or D.
My thing is, claiming your I but not voting that way is odd. I think we can say most libertarians that would be part of this independent block end up voting R.
Claiming independent doesn't mean you won't vote Democratic or Republican. There's no "I" party
And even if there were, First Past The Post means a vote for anybody but D or R means you're taking a vote away from your preferred D or R candidate. A smart "I" voter would only vote for an "I" party (if one existed) in cases where the more preferred D or R candidate was already basically guaranteed to win, so their third-party vote wouldn't affect the D or R result.