The poll results identify five distinct types of independents, with big implications for American politics. As party loyalty fades and the definition of that elusive swing voter shifts, elections are ...

There are three broad groups of voters you’re likely to read about in American elections: Democrats, Republicans and independents.

The elite fantasy of a silent libertarian majority appreciative of success and yearning for the right David Brooksian candidate is a total delusion, as swing voters are just as populist as Democrats.

Worried that national Democrats have lost their focus after a 2024 election defeat and the return of Donald Trump to the White House, one Ohio Democrat in Congress is trying to get his party to do ...