The Battle to Lose the Independent Vote

The Battle to Lose the Independent Vote is a blog post by Tim Urban on his blog Wait But Why. It is shown as a comic. 
In it, he recounts that in 2008, he was an independent voter in the middle of the American political spectrum, which has crazy zones on the extreme ends. After looking at presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign, Tim decided to support him and became a Democrat, planning the affiliation to be temporary.
In 2010, bad news under the Obama administration and Obama's own behavior caused Tim to sigh, but not leave the Democratic party yet. Meanwhile, during this time, Republicans in the crazy zones began jumping into the more moderate conservative parts of the spectrum.
In 2011, more bad news and Obama continuing to behave stupidly caused Tim to recoil in frustration, while more crazy Republicans moved into the moderate zone.
By 2013, the amount of bad news caused Tim to head to a meeting of moderate Republicans. There, Tim noticed that a crazy person was being allowed by the moderate to speak and spread their ideas. When Tim asked another audience member about this, the member replied that the crazy Republicans have forcefully integrated themselves into the moderate platforms.
Unhappy, Tim rejoined the Democrats, writing that he will continue to be an unethusiastic Democrat until the Republicans stop creeping him out.
== Full post ==
https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/the-battle-to-lose-independent-vote.html
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