Independent Voting's President and Vice President, Jackie Salit and Cathy Stewart discuss the history of the independent movement, who are independents and the 2024 election results with Katie Fahey and Brittany Buford on the Respect Voters Coalition podcast, "Behind the Bullet

Read "Frustrated but Engaged: Gen Z Attitudes on Voting, Parties and Issues in 2024," a report released by ASU's Center for Independent and Sustainable Democracy

Dr. Thom Reilly, co-director with Jackie Salit of the Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy at ASU, argues that there's a need to study independent voters through a new lens.

More and more, the Black community has become collateral damage in today’s politics. As much as we’ve gained from our close association to the Democratic Party, I fear we’ve lost even more. The moment Black America became a guaranteed block of voters for Democrats, was the moment our “special” relationship became one defined by broken promises and lopsided compromises that leave us patiently waiting for reforms that never come. If we are to truly empower our community, we must form new coalitions, separate from the two-party system, and join hands in an independent movement for electoral reform.