How many independent voters are progressive, and how many are conservative. Is it 50-50?

[JohnSJ]

[JustAnotherGen]

1. I think it is by district

In my district - from 2021 to early October -

GOP Drop - Unaffiliated Rose.

Unaffiliated dropped as well (not as much as GOP) and Democratic Party Increase.

2021 was a state wide election (Gubernatorial, Senate, Assembly, County, Judges, etc. etc.) so it's more of a base number than the 2020 election.

[Amishman]

2. I think most are neither, overall anyway.

Independents usually are not members of a party because none align well enough with them overall.

For example someone who is pro-gun, pro-choice, anti-immigrant, and anti-union.

This also would explain why as a whole that group is so fickle, they are usually making a spot decision on which is the less objectionable candidate of the two.

[JohnSJ]

5. Then they are a wild card

[Elessar Zappa]

3. I think

most independents aren’t conservative or liberal. They just vote their wallet or against whoever’s in power at the time. They don’t have a strong ideology, imo.

[JohnSJ]

4. That seems logical