tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post609825074565910482..comments2024-01-06T17:38:53.551-05:00Comments on Poli-Tea: On the Independence of Independentsd.erishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09186054212519025557noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-50094086725648511762010-01-27T13:03:16.748-05:002010-01-27T13:03:16.748-05:00Anonymous, proving the falsehood of popular assert...Anonymous, proving the falsehood of popular assertions forwarded by professional political commentators in regard to independents actually tells us very little about political independents. <br /><br />You write: "in our two-party system, the fact remains that the "true" independent is quite rare, largely unimportant, and basically powerless."<br /><br />Exactly. I would d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-83848509455590106992010-01-27T11:46:52.688-05:002010-01-27T11:46:52.688-05:00i think you are missing the point.
the argument t...i think you are missing the point.<br /><br />the argument that political scientists are trying to make about "true" independents is that they have little capacity to swing elections one way or another. it is not a myth that "true" independents constitute an extremely small percentage of the voting population. <br /><br />your point that a third of independents would prefer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-79105465576782362662009-08-05T18:14:58.967-04:002009-08-05T18:14:58.967-04:00Thanks Nancy.Thanks Nancy.d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-33562313724758378412009-08-05T17:54:19.699-04:002009-08-05T17:54:19.699-04:00Poli-Tea is on point once again! Thanks for this i...Poli-Tea is on point once again! Thanks for this incite -- the Miller-McCune article highlights that it's a real fight to break out of two-party thinking. I predict that they and other MSM (or wannabe MSM) will come screaming and kicking to the independent movement, or lose relevance altogether.<br /><br />Keep up the good fight, P-T!<br />NancyNancy Hankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428253702914703243noreply@blogger.com