Independents hit 47%: the angry middle is now the majority
Independents just hit 47% — the highest level in a decade, and almost double the Republican Party. Meanwhile Trump is negotiating what looks like a surrender to Iran, eight airmen are dead in a B-52 crash barely anyone is talking about, and the NYC parade looms. Paul Rieckhoff delivers a solo briefing on the data, the deal, and the movement that's already here.
Independents have hit 47% of the country. Republicans are at 26%. Democrats at 27%. That's not a trend line — that's a tectonic…
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