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In 2024, independent voters grew their share of the vote, split their tickets and expanded their influence

  • Written by Thom Reilly, Professor & Co-Director, Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
imagePolitical independents vote differently from those who say they are Democrats or Republicans.VectorMine/iStock via Getty Images Plus

With a growing number of American voters identifying as politically independent, many pollsters, most members of the media and the campaigns themselves viewed the independent vote as crucial to the outcome of the 2024...

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