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Don't be fooled – most independents are partisans too

  • Written by Christopher Devine, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton
The identity that people choose most often is actually 'independent' – not Democratic or Republican.Victor Moussa/Shutterstock.com

Will Donald Trump win reelection in 2020? To find out, you’d think you could just look up whether more Americans are registered as Republicans than Democrats.

But the truth is, it doesn’t really matter...

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