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# Speak #4yourself - A Recap of IVN's First TweetChat
- URL: https://ivn.us/speak-4yourself-a-recap-of-ivns-first-tweetchat/
- Published: 2012-03-15T20:28:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:23:13.000Z
- Author: Jane Susskind
- Tags: News

[![ivn_tweetchat](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/ivn_tweetchat.jpg)](https://ivn.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ivn%5Ftweetchat.jpg)

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](https://ivn.us/tag/buddy-roemer/), the [California Moderate Party](https://twitter.com/?ref=ivn.us#!/CAModOrg), and GOP Communications Strategist [Micah Grant](https://twitter.com/?ref=ivn.us#!/alexigrant). 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?**

> [#4yourself](https://twitter.com/search/%25234yourself?ref=ivn.us)[March 15, 2012](https://twitter.com/CAModOrg/status/180353549320982528?ref=ivn.us)

> [#4yourself](https://twitter.com/search/%25234yourself?ref=ivn.us)[March 15, 2012](https://twitter.com/Ol%5FRoy/status/180354084132487169?ref=ivn.us)

> [IVNetwork](https://twitter.com/IVNetwork?ref=ivn.us)[#GOP](https://twitter.com/search/%2523GOP?ref=ivn.us)[#DEMS](https://twitter.com/search/%2523DEMS?ref=ivn.us)[#4yourself](https://twitter.com/search/%25234yourself?ref=ivn.us)[March 15, 2012](https://twitter.com/VoteIndeCan/status/180353899818000384?ref=ivn.us)

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

> [IVNetwork](https://twitter.com/IVNetwork?ref=ivn.us)[#4yourself](https://twitter.com/search/%25234yourself?ref=ivn.us)[March 15, 2012](https://twitter.com/alexigrant/status/180356403293204481?ref=ivn.us)

> [#4yourself](https://twitter.com/search/%25234yourself?ref=ivn.us)[March 15, 2012](https://twitter.com/georgemanty/status/180357448694112257?ref=ivn.us)

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

> [VoteIndeCan](https://twitter.com/VoteIndeCan?ref=ivn.us)[lucy\_ma](https://twitter.com/lucy%5Fma?ref=ivn.us)[latimes](https://twitter.com/latimes?ref=ivn.us)[IVNetwork](https://twitter.com/IVNetwork?ref=ivn.us)[#4yourself](https://twitter.com/search/%25234yourself?ref=ivn.us)[March 15, 2012](https://twitter.com/CAModOrg/status/180357711790227456?ref=ivn.us)

> [#4yourself](https://twitter.com/search/%25234yourself?ref=ivn.us)[March 15, 2012](https://twitter.com/georgemanty/status/180358394731970561?ref=ivn.us)

> [IVNetwork](https://twitter.com/IVNetwork?ref=ivn.us)[agreater.us/billpage.php?i…](http://t.co/sCAlSUEU?ref=ivn.us)[March 15, 2012](https://twitter.com/jmdenn/status/180358168751259648?ref=ivn.us)

> [KRBays](https://twitter.com/KRBays?ref=ivn.us)[IVNetwork](https://twitter.com/IVNetwork?ref=ivn.us)[#4yourself](https://twitter.com/search/%25234yourself?ref=ivn.us)[March 15, 2012](https://twitter.com/lucy%5Fma/status/180360286392430592?ref=ivn.us)

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

> [IVNetwork](https://twitter.com/IVNetwork?ref=ivn.us)[#4yourself](https://twitter.com/search/%25234yourself?ref=ivn.us)[March 15, 2012](https://twitter.com/BuddyRoemer/status/180361814499016705?ref=ivn.us)

> [IVNetwork](https://twitter.com/IVNetwork?ref=ivn.us)[#4yourself](https://twitter.com/search/%25234yourself?ref=ivn.us)[March 15, 2012](https://twitter.com/BuddyRoemer/status/180362758729121792?ref=ivn.us)

**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?**

> [IVNetwork](https://twitter.com/IVNetwork?ref=ivn.us)[#4yourself](https://twitter.com/search/%25234yourself?ref=ivn.us)[March 15, 2012](https://twitter.com/WhitBenj/status/180365523358461952?ref=ivn.us)

> [IVNetwork](https://twitter.com/IVNetwork?ref=ivn.us)[#4yourself](https://twitter.com/search/%25234yourself?ref=ivn.us)[March 15, 2012](https://twitter.com/CAModOrg/status/180367588637945856?ref=ivn.us)

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