This Is How the Two-Party System DIES
Published: July 11, 2026
Duration: 31:29
Every single week, 10,000 Americans change their voter registration from Republican or Democrat to independent — what Christopher Life calls "the new Declaration of Independence." Twenty years ago, 30% of Americans identified as independent; today it's pushing 49%, roughly 100 million people — bigger than either party — and among Gen Z it's nearly 60%. So why do independents never win? Christopher joins Kim to lay out the answer: stop building third parties that subdivide the movement, and start building the infrastructure — a national convention, a "corruption-free" certification for candidates (think organic labeling, but for politicians), coordinated nomination standards, and the first-ever super PAC dedicated to independ...