The Swing Vote: Why Independents Will Decide the 2012 Election
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Google"In the past four years, two and a half million people have left
the Democratic and Republican parties," explains Linda Killian,
author of the new book
The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents.
Not only are these voters sick of the two dominant parties, Killian
believes they are increasingly determining electoral outcomes.
"They voted for Barack Obama, they voted for the Democrats in 2006,
[but] they swung 19 points in voting for the Republicans in
2010."
Killian sat down with Reason.tv's Nick Gillespie to examine what
makes a swing voter, their growing importance, and if their
socially tolerant and fiscally responsible viewpoints should buoy
libertarians.
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