I’m always astonished when I hear political consultants cling to the notion that winning majorities in the House and the Senate is only about turning out the base.
Neither party — neither MAGA nor the progressive left — have the numbers to make that claim anymore.
For the doubters out there, according to the Edison exit polls, in the 2024 elections, independents nationally made up a larger portion of the electorate than Democrats.
Even more persuasive, in the competitive presidential states of Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin, more self-defined independents voted than either Republicans or Democrats.
The rising power of independents has been trending in national politics for decades.
