But public confidence in the two parties and their management of government has eroded. America’s polarized politics are mired in a dysfunctional and increasingly unpopular two-party system that has failed to address this nation’s major challenges and threatens its future. More than 40% of Americans identify as political independents, a larger number than those who identify as Republican or Democratic, and a number of centrist political entrepreneurs who want to change the system are running this year as independents.
Source: Is 2014 the Year Independents Break Through? - Washington Wire - WSJ
