Self-identified Independents surge in poll

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The percentage of adults identifying as independents has swelled to match its highest point in 70 years, according to the biannual values survey from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, while the percentage of self-identified Republicans fell to its lowest mark in at least 25 years.

Thirty-nine percent of respondents self-identified as independents, compared with 33 percent who considered themselves Democrats and 22 percent who identified as Republicans.

The study showed 33 percent of independents say their views are conservative, up from about 28 percent two years ago and 26 percent four years ago, a shift the study attributes at least in part to the spate of defections from the GOP in recent years.

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