When Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema left the Democratic Party to become an independent last month, it sent shock waves through the political world. But it also put a spotlight on political independents — elected officials and not — who do not identify with, or belong to a political party.
In Arizona, that’s more than a third of registered voters — more than those registered as Democrats and around 28,000 fewer than Republicans, according to newly-released numbers.
So, what might Sinema’s switch mean for those independents?
To find out, Jackie Salit, co-director of the Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy at Arizona State University and president of IndependentVoting.org, joined The Show.
