I could believe it. The Democrats that no longer identify as such have either gone Independent or...what won't be called out...they've gone full Communist and are even further left than the Dems.
The leaders of each party are *******s. You go into leadership by being able to raise the most money. You make the most money by being an ******* that goes on cable TV every night. These people are an embarrassment to be associated with.
Also the world isn't so simple where every issue fits nicely between Republicans and Democrats.
Unfortunately, they're the same people that are easy to dupe and exploit of purchase the loyalty of with cheap gestures when the time comes. Almost none of them are more wise. They are just signaling to their oil tidal masters that their expressed loyalty now has a higher price.
Many of those independents are probably of the "concerned moderate" type that votes dem but claim to be "independent" because they think it makes them seem smarter than they really are.