Independent Texans is a political reform movement in the U.S. state of Texas that strives to give more political power to the general public by gaining recognition for a growing movement of people who self-identify as “independent” with a small "I". According to a Wall Street Journal poll in 2006, a 42% plurality of American voters now identify as independent. That represents well over 4 million voters in Texas. However, without partisan registration in Texas, there is no way of knowing exactly how many Texans identify as independent without a Texas poll.
Independent voters span the political spectrum on single issues, but are unified in their support for fundamental political reforms that seek to return government at all levels to the people, rather than special interests. It is not associated with the Independent Party – there is no such entity in all 50 states. Third parties, such as the Libertarian, Green, Constitution and others are considered as parties of the “independent movement”, but represent a very small segment of these voters.
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“I’d like to come back as an independent woman who has more ambition than I have.”
—Jenny Bird (b. c. 1937)
“It is very considerably smaller than Australia and British Somaliland put together. As things stand at present there is nothing much the Texans can do about this, and ... they are inclined to shy away from the subject in ordinary conversation, muttering defensively about the size of oranges.”
—Alex Atkinson, British humor writer. repr. In Present Laughter, ed. Alan Coren (1982)