Pew: Independent Voters Are Conflicted, Centrist and At a 70-Year High

let the funeral dirge begin.
can't wait to sing the kyrie over the corpse of the republican party.

So what this survey confirms is that the largest voter block really has no formal party or candidates to vote for. What this country needs is some good independent candidates to run. The problem is that it is almost impossible for an independent to match the money that either the Democrats or Republicans can spend which keeps many qualified people from even trying. Without some type of campaign funding reform it will continue to be difficult for any independent to gain office, especially at the national level. What good is being classified an independent when you have to vote for either a Democrat or Republican anyway.

When either party would start "common sense" finance (i.e a balanced budget), understanding and adhereing to The Constitution (or changing it within it's prescribed ways), and again having 3 Branches of government that function as prescribed in The Constitution, then and only then will we have a chance to again become a functioning nation.

The "power" hungry nature of both parties are leading us down a path toward anarchy, or possibly worse, the Utopian & idealistic Democrats are intentionally or unintentionally leading us to Socialism where only the Political class wins.

I think the same thing applies now as it always has: push the country too far to the right or left and the voters rebel. This is nothing new. Bill Clinton learned this the hard way in 1994, when Republicans swept Congress. The voters did not want the health care plan he and Hillary were pushing, plus other things. The GOP learned it in 2006 when they lost control of Congress for spending a lot of money, plus corruption scandals (Jack Abramhoff), Terri Schiavo, etc. In other words, both parties preaching one thing and doing another.
All Presidents try to walk that fine line of being moderate/independent. But it is tougher than anyone can imagine, as you have the fanatical elements of the party constantly nagging at you, plus trying to appease those who elected you.

bout time people have started voting with their brains and not their hearts...People want a NEW direction..70% of people with college educations voted for Obama 70%....
Gone are the days of the OLD Grand Party...People want to hear about topics, issues. Not name calling and bashing. It didn't work in the election and its not working NOW. The party of NO NO NO needs traction,substance and ideas. The people they are now sending to do so are not getting the job done. Rush? Newt? Steele? Cheney? Jindal? Palin? Sorry we think not.. Those who control the present, will control the future. Those who once controled the past cannot control neither the present or the future...

If nothing else, the media sure has pointed out just how shallow our current politicians are proving themselves to be. This same media is also pitting American against American. They throw out these loaded questions that manage to get one side and/or the other all lathered up. One almost has to believe that the media is in bed with the current administration. Does anybody know what happened to that one site that was supposed to show us where all the monies were going too? All of a sudden we have all these pro-Obama sites popping up everywhere. Again, to reiterate, I'm not saying all dems are far left and all repubs are far right. Let's hope that come 2012 we have a third party in place that can give a lot of sensible Americans a better feeling about their government.

Just get the RR out of politics, and we will have a whole new ball game.

No, sandsnnydz, I don't trust our media. I think Tommy C. thinks he's going to be the next American Idol. Actually, I think this entire Politics Daily bunch feels that way. I've read quite a lot of your posts and we seem to be on the same page with regards to most matters. The difference might be that I think most of our politicians must go. We need something more than this dem/rep thing. Our country has outgrown 2 parties. We need a strong third party to absorb the good from all other parties. I've got a problem with very far left and very far right if you know what I mean.

Desperate actions from desperate politicians unable to cope with the realities left behind from the W/Cheney years.
The Republican Party continues to shrink, unable to recognize that what they want does not fit the mood of the country that they want to represent. Once again, the GOP is out of touch, void of ideas, ideals and leadership.
Their hope is only to delay the inevitable for as long as they can, because the fear, gloom and doom in their hearts, thinking about Obama with 60 votes in the Senate, overrides any common sense they may have had.
These are dire days for Americans who believed in the Republican Party and find instead, that it is the Party who has abandoned their cause, it is the Party that deceived them and it is the Party that, using lies, deceit and divisiveness, failed them and the Nation.
2010 approaches and the 'More of the same' Republican politicians will receive their just rewards. Gone are the Reagan Democrats and Independents. Disillusioned women voters are swinging to the left, recognizing that the 'Good Old Boys Club' isn't about to make room for them; Palin isn't a solution, she's more of the same old problem, one of the boys. The male voting block that Limbaugh once bragged that he had in his back pocket are flowing over into the Independent Camp, because at least there, without treachery, lies and deceit, they can find politicians who recognize the difference between right and wrong. And for those remaining in the GOP, wondering what happened to the Party of Reagan, these names may spirit through their minds: Kenji Doihara, Koki Hirota, Seishiro Itagaki, Heitaro Kimura, Iwane Matsui, Akira Muto and Hideki Tojo.....all executed after WWII for Torturing & Waterboarding American Servicemen.
The United States tortured and W. Bush & Dick Cheney on several occasions stood before the American people and told us that "The United States does not torture!" They lied!
The Republican Party has cast aside all honor, dignity and integrity. Shamefully they believe they represent the Nation, while in fact, they represent their own inabilities to acknowledge their failures and assume the responsibilities of their leaders actions. The GOP had made itself irrelevant politically and clings persistently to an agenda that aligns their Party with terrorists around the globe: "I Hope Obama fails!"
The abyss continues to open onto depths where the dreams of the once proud Party Ronald Reagan readily fall. The Republican Party has failed the Nation, Our People and all that we hold sacred as American. Worse yet............they failed themselves!
The United States Tortured!

FLIP flop POTUS & DC, indicative of current polling.

Who in AMERICAN stands by their conviction, duh? Fair weathered politics, imagine that.

Will future briefings of CIA with Pelsoi, JEOPARDIZE National SECURITY?

CHENEY ROCKS........Obama's world!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obama is hell bent on a mission, without a cause?
Ignite the mission, "Belief of the American Dream", CONSERVATISM!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-yKRjewW98&feature=player_embedded
Tired of the same old politics?
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/

Is America missing the REAL issue? It's not about party, as it may become extinct.

The problem is a qualified leader was NOT elected. Chaos breeds, more of the same, doesn't it?
A fox in the hole vs. on the prowl?
Will future briefings of CIA with Pelsoi, JEOPARDIZE National SECURITY?

CHENEY ROCKS........Obama's world!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obama is hell bent on a mission, without a cause?
Ignite the mission, "Belief of the American Dream", CONSERVATISM!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-yKRjewW98&feature=player_embedded
Tired of the same old politics?
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/

Independent voters are prevented from becoming candidates by un-Constitutional state election laws which favor party candidates. These laws were passed by party politicians for the sole purpose of preventing independent voters from participating in government except as choosing between different kinds of party corruption. For instance, here in Arizona I am required to get 22,000 nomination petition signatures to appear on the ballot for the same office that a Democrat or Republican needs to get about 4,000 signatures for. What independent voters need to do now that they are getting the numbers is to go register as candidates for office, especially state and local offices, go home, and continue their lives, not worrying about whether they will be elected or not. They do not need to be elected immediately in order to change the government. All they have to do is be candidates. They will get some votes even if the news media continues its present policy of publicizing only the candidacies of party candidates. The real battle at the present time is voter registration, which political parties have already lost.

OBAMA IS A PHONY...