More Americans Identify As Independent Than GOP or Democrat: New Gallup Poll

A new Gallup poll has made shockwaves this week across political media because it shows a huge shift in support between the two major parties in 2021. Yet there’s an even more interesting finding in this polling that’s going somewhat overlooked.

The headline most ran with after the poll was some variation of “GOP makes big gains in 2021.” And, to be sure, this was one of Gallup’s findings. They found that Democrats went from having a 9-point advantage in the first quarter of 2021 to Republicans having a 5-point advantage in the fourth quarter. That’s a 14-point swing!

This is a big deal, and, from the perspective of Democrats, absolutely calamitous heading into the 2022 midterm elections.

However, there’s more to the story than just this top-line number. You see, the above question forced independents to either “lean Republican” or “lean Democrat.” As former Congressman Justin Amash pointed out on Twitter, when Gallup gave people the option to reject both parties and just identify as independent, a plurality did!

A whopping 42 percent identified as Independent, while just 29 percent went with the Democrats and 27 percent with the GOP.

To be clear, this 42 percent surely includes a lot of people who still mostly vote for Democrats and Republicans. It’s not necessarily evidence of a massive surge in third-party voters. However, it does show us yet again that the American people are sick and tired of the GOP and Democratic establishments.

There are plenty of potential inroads to be made for authentic, principled outsiders who can offer voters real solutions and who aren’t tainted by the establishment’s corruption. Whether this comes from inside one of the two major parties or a third-party alternatives remains to be seen, but the appetite for something different than the failing status quo is absolutely there.

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Brad Polumbo
Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and co-founder of Based Politics. His work has been cited by top lawmakers such as Senator Rand Paul, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Pat Toomey, Congresswoman Nancy Mace, Congressman Thomas Massie, and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, as well as by prominent media personalities such as Jordan Peterson, Sean Hannity, Dave Rubin, Ben Shapiro, and Mark Levin. Brad has also testified before the US Senate, appeared on Fox News and Fox Business, and written for publications such as USA Today, National Review, Newsweek, and the Daily Beast. He hosts the Breaking Boundaries podcast and has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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