Jackie Salit interviews four leaders of the Independent Voting network who provide action reports on work they’re doing to build independent community.

Jackie Salit responded to questions sent in by independents from around the country which ranged from questions about Salit’s thoughts on Donald Trump’s election to tactics for organizing, about political reform campaigns, about the role of candidates in our movement, and about how independents describe and talk about who we are.

What happened on election day? Where do we go from here? Salit responds to questions in a special post-presidential election call attended by 400 independents from around the country.
” The American people are looking for change. They wanted to change everything and they keep finding that they can’t. ….they decided to change how they voted…

210 independents from 42 states participated in a call where Salit responded to over 100 questions sent in by independents. Questions about how to best use our votes during the election; the possibility of an independent candidate emerging; how to build coalitions; the issue of party vs. movement and much more.

160 independents from 40 states joined IndependentVoting.org President Jackie Salit where she zeroed in on independents’ concerns about what was going to happen at the party conventions and how independents could make an impact and build our movement

Salit highlighted the relationship between how the political process works, who allowed to participate in it, what the terms of the process are and critical issues facing the country.  

” The national conversation itself has to become a conversation about the process, and that is the direction I think things are heading in, and that’s the hinge moment we’re at.“

“I think unification and alliances and partnerships that cross ideological lines, that cross partisan lines, that cross geographic, historical and cross cultural lines, is not just on the agenda.  It is happening.  …  It is happening under the umbrella of diverse Americans coming together with the leadership of independents to change the structure, the rules of the game, and the culture of the way we do politics.”  

Jackie Salit addressed the ensuing presidential race and its current implications:  

 ” I think it’s a fascinating and conspicuous situation that these big anti-establishment, pro-establishment battles are taking place at such a fever pitch inside the parties, while at the same time the numbers of independents in the country are growing steadily.”

Salit interviewed Rep. John Delaney about the Open Our Democracy bill, a bill which Delaney introduced which would enact Top Two nonpartisan primaries for all congressional elections in the United States, make Election Day a national holiday and would enacting national standards for congressional redistricting.

Salit: In spite of our numbers, independents are still pushed to the margins, a serious issue for the country.  Cracks in democracy are becoming more serious because so many people are saying there has to be a better way.  We are a movement in search of a better way.