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Podcast: The Lean to the Left Podcast
Episode: Embracing America’s Independent Spirit | Adam Brandon on the Rise of Independents
Description: Nearly 40% of Americans now identify as independents, reflecting deep frustration with partisan politics. In this episode of the Lean to the Left Podcast, Bob Gatty speaks with Adam Brandon, senior advisor at the Independent Center and co-author of The Exhausted Majority.Brandon shares his journey from leading FreedomWorks to shaping a new independent movement that seeks to disrupt the two-party duopoly. Topics include:• Why independents are the “exhausted majority” of American politics• The Independent Center’s strategy to influence Congress by 2026• Opportunities for independents on state and national ballots<...