Independent Voter Block Could Hold Key to Presidential Race
Posted on January 23, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, President, Third Party
Independent voters have become a force to reckon with when it comes to the presidential race.
The number of voters who register as “Decline to State” in California has increased 700,000 since 2000, now reaching 3 million. It’s the fastest growing and most unpredictable voting block.
“Independent voters we know, from the New Hampshire primary … are the wildcard in this election. And particularly in the Democratic primary in California where they can vote, they can have a huge input,” said Mark Baldassare, pollster with the Public Policy Institute of California.
Baldassare says Independents typically make up their mind at the last minute if they’re going to vote and who they’re voting for, making it challenging to determine voting trends.
Since the 2000 presidential election, the Democratic and Republican parties have lost more than 800,000 voters in California.
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