Published on Jan 12, 2014
42% of Americans identify as
independents in 2013, while Republican identification fell to 25%, the
lowest it has been in 25 years, according to a Gallup poll. These are
the only years in Gallup's records that the percentage of independents
has reached that level. Lissette Padilla and Elliot Hill discuss the
potential reasons for the drop in Republican support and the rise in the
number of independents, in this clip from the Lip News.