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Electoral studies

the finding that most self-described independents who lean toward a party think and vote much like weak partisans, so that true independents are few.

In electoral studies, myth of the independent voter refers to the finding that most self-described independents who lean toward a party think and vote much like weak partisans, so that true independents are few. This meaning comes from Keith (1992) in The Myth of the Independent voter.[1]

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References

Keith, B. E. (1992). The Myth of the Independent voter. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520077201

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