There really aren't many truly independent voters

Conventional moderate wisdom that politicians should triangulate to the center relies on a misunderstand of independent self-identification.

Joe Biden’s precarious standing in the polls in recent weeks, coupled with warnings from the left they they will not vote for him in 2024, have Democrats back to their usual excuse: if we lose, it’s the left’s fault. Since this is more of a cope than a reasoned conclusion we usually get a lot of shifting and contradictory rationalizations for it, so the…