I think what we’re looking at is the Republicans regaining control of the house come November 2022. That the warnings about Trump and his followers destroying democracy are falling on deaf ears. With inflation the way it is, rising prices, etc. that is the most important issue to independents. Nothing else comes close. This group of voters decide elections. I know it’s hard to fathom for some, how can having to pay 3.50 for a gallon of gas instead of 2 dollars or 3 dollars instead of 2 for a loaf of bread be more important than the insurrection of 1-6.

Number one is rising prices effect these people’s lives personally. The Insurrection of 1-6 didn’t. Worries about being able to afford gas, food, clothes, housing, etc. has replaced any worries about Trump. Trump has become a non-entity for quite a lot of independents who will decide who controls what in the upcoming midterms. You seen the tip of the iceberg with the Virginia governor’s race results.

There’s no doubt that independents are dissatisfied with Biden and the Democratic controlled congress. A lot of that dissatisfaction comes directly from inflation. They don’t want to hear Trump this and Trump that. What they want to hear is when gas will drop back to 2 dollars a gallon, when a loaf of bread goes back to 2 dollars. They want to know when rising prices will begin to fall and shelves in stores are full again. When this COVID thing will be placed in the rear-view mirror so we can all get back to leading and living normal lives.

Independents aren’t political junkies. They pay little to no attention to the daily grind of politics. That is until an election nears. They’re non-affiliated, owe no loyalty to either political party. They ask the question is my life better today than it was yesterday. If it’s better, they’re more apt to vote for the party in power. If it’s worse, they’ll vote for the party out of power. Politics is quite simple with a lot of independents.

I also think that the threat to our democracy is something most independents can’t fathom or understand. What they do understand is their thinning to flat wallets. That’s what important to them today. Not some perceived or real threat that might take place in the future.

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.