Americans Are Leaving Both Parties. This Colorado City Shows Why.

Lee Drutman was quoted in Politico about the rise of independents.

The consequences of that may be far-reaching. When I called Lee Drutman, a senior fellow in the political reform program at New America, he told me that what interests him most is not the number of people who tell pollsters they consider themselves independent, but what they say about the parties. When Pew Research Center polled Americans last year, just 4 percent said the political system was working extremely or very well, and more than a quarter of Americans said they dislike both political parties — the worst reading in three decades.