Speak #4yourself - A Recap of IVN's First TweetChat

Published: 15 Mar, 2012

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Today's TweetChat was a major success! We got to hear from independent voters, organizations, and candidates on the role of independents in the 2012 election. We had a lively discussion with contributions from Independent presidential candidate Buddy Roemer, the California Moderate Party, and GOP Communications Strategist Micah Grant. For a recap, here are 5 questions we asked with selected answers from some of the participants:

1. The number of independent voters is on the rise. How significant will their influence be in the 2012 election?

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2. What about the Hispanic vote? Why is the GOP ignoring immigration reform?

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3. Why are there so many independents, but no one is voting for independent candidates?

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4. Question to Buddy Roemer: What's been the most frustrating part of running as an Independent candidate?

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5. Pew survey shows Independents further removed from political process than Reps. and Dems. Why is this? And how could candidates best appeal to Independent voters?

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A big thank you to everyone who joined! We're excited to continue the open dialogue in our next TweetChat!

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