The poll results identify five distinct types of independents, with big implications for American politics. As party loyalty fades and the definition of that elusive swing voter shifts, elections are increasingly decided by who among these groups shows up to vote.

In her new book Independent, former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre writes that party infighting, bias and disloyalty drove her to leave the Democratic Party.

Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn portrays himself an “Independent," but election filings show ties to Democrat power players, from Liz Warren to Chuck Schumer's Senate Majority PAC.

A Syracuse educator fed up with the two-party system and the nation’s polarized politics plans to launch a longshot campaign today for the 22nd Congressional District seat in Central New York.

Army combat veteran and author Matt Cavanaugh on Tuesday launched an independent bid to challenge first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, predicting that its voters are hungry for an alternative to what he termed the “broken two-party system.