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Independent voters can be decisive in elections – but they're pretty unpredictable, not 'shadow partisans'

  • Written by Thom Reilly, Professor & Co-Director, Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
Independent voters can be decisive in elections – but they're pretty unpredictable, not 'shadow partisans'Pennsylvania's independent voters helped elect Democrat John Fetterman, seen here, over the GOP contender for the U.S. Senate seat, Mehmet Oz. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

In the end there was no red wave. And there was no blue wave.

There was an independent wave.

Pollsters and pundits were counting on independent voters in the 2022 midterm elections to...

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