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The Independent Center is the go-to organization for information, research, and engagement with independent voters, who now make up the majority of the electorate.

09/24/2026

49 million Americans identify as independent. That’s a huge share of the electorate, and this week we’re in a room full of people who represent them: voters, organizers, and organizations working to give independents a stronger voice in our democracy.

Our Senior Advisor Adam Brandon is taking the stage to speak about the ideas behind his book, The Exhausted Majority: Building a Home for the Politically Homeless. If you’ve ever looked at a ballot and felt like neither box fit, this conversation is for you.

Our team is spending the convention connecting with fellow independents, sharing research, and building relationships with the organizations doing this work across the country. Real progress happens when people who care about the same things find each other.

If you’re here, come say hi! We’d love to meet you.

📖 Pick up The Exhausted Majority here at the convention or at the link in our bio.

09/08/2026

A record-high 45% of Americans now identify as political independents. That’s more than Republicans and Democrats combined at their tied share of 27% each.

This isn’t a blip. It’s the highest number Gallup has recorded since it started tracking party identification in 1988, surpassing the previous record of 43% set in 2014, 2023, and 2024.

And the trend is generational. 56% of Gen Z adults now call themselves independents, compared to 47% of millennials at the same age and 40% of Gen X adults back in 1992. Younger Americans are opting out of the two-party binary at a faster rate than any generation before them.

The takeaway isn’t that independents don’t care about politics. It’s that fewer and fewer Americans see themselves reflected in either party. That’s a shift worth paying attention to as we head into the midterms.

08/26/2026

Polarization isn’t slowing down, but voter identity is shifting.

Independent Center Senior Advisor Adam Brandon joined Forbes Newsroom to unpack why a record share of Americans are opting out of the two-party system, and what that means heading into the 2026 midterms.

45% of voters now identify as independent, making it the largest political bloc in the country. That number alone reshapes how we should be thinking about elections, representation, and what “the middle” actually looks like today.

Watch the full conversation to hear Adam break down the data behind the shift. Link in bio.

08/24/2026

One week out. 📚

The Exhausted Majority by Independent Center Senior Advisor Adam Brandon hits shelves September 1, but you don’t have to wait to get your copy.

For decades, most Americans have felt politically homeless, too moderate for one party, too independent for the other, and stuck watching a system that wasn’t built with them in mind. This book is a comprehensive road map for understanding how we got here and what it will take to build a home for the politically homeless.

Whether you identify as Republican, Democrat, or “anyone else,” this is a must-read for anyone ready to understand the two-party system and imagine something better.

📖 Pre-order now on Amazon, Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, or through Amplify Publishing Group. Link in bio.

08/19/2026

We read 18,500+ online comments this week so you don’t have to. 👀

The pattern? People across the spectrum are saying the same thing: they’re voting against candidates, not for them. And somehow, the one thing that unites left, right, and everyone in between is frustration with how old, and how out of touch, our leadership feels.

It’s not a fringe complaint. It’s not one party’s talking point. It’s the middle, getting louder.

Curious what else the data showed? Full breakdown at the 🔗 in bio!

08/13/2026

Last cycle, 43 congressional races were decided by five percent of the vote or less.

That’s not a landslide margin. That’s a coin flip, and it means the outcome in dozens of districts came down to a small slice of voters who were persuadable, engaged, and willing to show up.

Independents are disproportionately that slice. Nearly 4 in 10 registered voters now identify as independent, and in close races, they’re often the ones tipping the outcome one way or the other.

But here’s the disconnect: in states like Florida and Pennsylvania, independent voters can’t participate in the primary that determines who’s even on the general election ballot. The primary, the stage where the field gets narrowed down to two names, happens without them.

So the same voters deciding the closest races in November are locked out of the process that decides who they’re choosing between.

If margins this thin are common, then who gets to vote in the primary isn’t a technicality. It’s the ballgame.

Learn more about how your state’s primary system works → link in bio.

08/10/2026

The House majority in 2026 could come down to a margin of just 4 seats. 🏛️

With only 18 of 435 districts rated true tossups, the primary and ballot-access rules that decide who reaches the ballot are quietly shaping who controls Congress.

Alaska’s top-four primary. California’s top-two. Petition-based ballot access in states like Illinois and Iowa. Different systems, same effect. They’re opening space for candidates outside the two parties to compete.

In a House this close, a handful of independent-minded members could hold real leverage on everything from the Speaker’s vote to major legislation.

Swipe through, then head to the link in bio for the full breakdown. 🔗

07/23/2026

The Exhausted Majority, available for pre-order now! 🙌

Independent Center Senior Advisor, Adam Brandon’s new book is here — and it’s not another third-party pitch. It’s a data-backed roadmap for the millions of voters who feel politically homeless in today’s system.

Two broken parties. One exhausted majority.

Link in bio to grab your copy.

07/20/2026

New national polling reveals a shift worth paying attention to: openness to a strong independent candidate is now nearly identical across party lines.

In the latest wave of Independent Center Voice’s national tracking survey, Republican openness jumped 7.6 points — from 62.7% to 70.3% — the largest single move anywhere in the data. That shift closes a gap that, just six weeks earlier, had Republicans trailing Independents and Democrats by 9 to 16 points.

The result: for the first time in this tracking, all three groups are within roughly 6 points of each other —

🔹 Independents: 75.9% 🔹 Democrats: 72.4% 🔹 Republicans: 70.3%

What hasn’t moved yet is action: only 6.3% of respondents currently say they’d choose an independent candidate on their district’s ballot today, even with ~70% overall openness to the idea. Awareness — not appetite — remains the biggest barrier.

This data comes from a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted July 13–14, 2026, with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points.

Full toplines linked in bio.

07/15/2026

87% of congressional races were effectively decided before a single general election vote was cast. Only 7% of eligible voters showed up to decide them.

That’s not democracy working as intended — that’s a system engineered by both parties to reward the most extreme voices in the room.

In a new piece for , Independent Center Senior Advisor Adam Brandon breaks down how closed primaries, gerrymandered maps, and restrictive ballot access laws are producing a governing class that looks nothing like the country it represents — and why 45% of Americans now identify as independent because of it.

The founders warned us about parties. The voters are finally listening.

Read the full piece at the link in our bio!

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