The Independent Voter Project. Making the system more fair. Talking with Chad Peace, Co-Founder.
While a plurality of American voters identify as Independents, organized political parties are being dominated by more extreme views. Younger voters in particular are less likely to join existing parties. But does the electoral system disfavor Independent voters ?
According to the Gallup Survey, 45% of American adults identify as Political Independents rather than as members of an organized political party. At the same time 27% of adults consider themselves as Republicans and 27% identify as Democrats. Yet our politics have become even more polarized, perhaps as moderates flee extremes within organized parties. How can Independent voters be sure the system which was largely designed by partisan parties, is fair, non-partisan and non-ideological for them ?
