Nearly Half of Americans Identify as Independent. Why Are So Many Still Shut Out of Primaries?

Nearly Half of Americans Identify as Independent. Why Are So Many Still Shut Out of Primaries?

Across the United States, traditional political affiliations are shifting as a growing segment of the electorate steps away from major-party labels. Jeremy Gruber, senior vice president at Open Primaries, a national nonpartisan organization dedicated to expanding nonpartisan voter access, highlighted this dramatic evolution in voter registration and the structural hurdles these voters face in the latest episode of The Fulcrum Roundtable.The decl…