Independent Voters and the 2024 Election

For a growing number of Americans, the two-party system is losing its luster.

More people appear to be getting sick of the two-party system that seems to force them to pick one of just two options, regardless of how they actually feel about the official party nominees. Despite not having a candidate for president in this year’s election – or, for that matter, the fact that it isn’t quite a political party, strictly speaking, as a 501(c)(4) “social welfare organization” – the No Labels movement gained traction as voters felt frustrated and disillusioned by the standard choice between Republicans and Democrats. While independent voters are nothing new, the way they may be able to sway the 2024 presidential election just might be.

The Power of the Independent

Independent voters first outnumbered supporters of both political parties in 1991 and have, for the most part,…