Independent Swing Voters Analysis

Describing what an independent swing voter is must be explored before any provable thesis can be made. Among political scientist this has been attempted by without achieving any common definition or common metrics (Shaw 2008, 75). Nevertheless, generalizing a consensus of collective thoughts it can be narrowed down to workable definition. William G. Mayer wrote that few studies or clear definition of independent swing voters even exists, but no lack of using either term “independent” or “swing voters” together or separately does (Mayer 2008, 1). Mayer continues the attempt to define them as, “a voter that will vote for either party” (Mayer 2008, 1). The post-Vietnam deterioration of both parties leaves a segment of voters unwilling to identify