The idea that "independents" are tolerant folk with fresh thinking is a myth. Research says they're just a diff mix.https://twitter.com/ron_fournier/status/727468695451217920 …
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IOW, "independents" can be rigid and ideologically "extreme", and often are. They just group it differently that current political parties.
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US independents are mostly an artifact of the US "first-past-the-post" system that forces two parties—not a result of "being in the middle".
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Articles explaining why the "tolerant, fresh-thinking, independent center" is mostly a myth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/22/the-real-extremists-are-american-voters-not-politicians/ … http://ivn.us/2015/06/12/defining-center-americans-extreme-think/ …
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