The Washington Post took part in the poll and wrote up the results here. Here's the key part of the story:
"Five categories of independents emerged from the analysis of the survey results:
- "Deliberators," who are classic swing voters.
- "Disillusioned," who are acutely upset with politics today.
- "Dislocated," who are both social liberals and fiscal conservatives.
-"Disguised," who are partisans on the left and right who behave almost identically to Democrats or Republicans.
- "Disengaged," who generally sit on the political sidelines."
Depending on where you get your information, self identified independents are the largest or second largest partisan group in politics today. The study suggests that we be cautious when we make predictions about how they might vote.
