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SCOTUS - Supreme Court of the United States.
green job,
We're talking past each other at this point. It's probably not much of an issue for those "low information" voters we hear so much about. This term *may* apply more to swing voters and undecideds than self-identified independents, I'm not sure. Most independents I know tend to be politically well-informed.
What I do know is that the independents I have had political conversations with are trending heavily Dem. Those same people are quite aware we need to get progressive-thinking judges on to the court or our checks & balances become ever more skewed to conservative and leading us further down a path we've come to see is folly.
You seemed to be trying to convince me that your poll indicated the mood of voters not identifying with one of the two major parties, thus my pointing out the polls you cited are incomplete for this purpose. You opined about a broad group of voters not affiliated with the major parties. I tried to give you insight, albeit anecdotal, gleaned from some of those voters.
Should the Democratic Party use this as a major target issue in the general election? Probably not. Does that mean it's not important to a portion of the populace that isn't a "gimme" for the Dems? Definitely not. It could, however, be another way to ask voters, "Can we really gamble with four more years of the same?"
