{"id":6191,"date":"2026-06-16T21:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/new-poll-political-independents-hit-their-highest-level-in-a-decade-iran-deal-or-no-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T21:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:55:13","slug":"new-poll-political-independents-hit-their-highest-level-in-a-decade-iran-deal-or-no-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/new-poll-political-independents-hit-their-highest-level-in-a-decade-iran-deal-or-no-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"New Poll: Political Independents Hit Their Highest Level In A Decade. Iran, Deal Or No Deal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=\" width=\"100%\" height=\"210\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>B-52 Bomber Crashes In California. Trump At NYC Parade? Knicks At White House? Primaries Tues In Alabama, Dc, Georgia And Oklahoma. NYPD Rise To The Moment.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Independents have hit 47% of the country. Republicans are at 26%. Democrats at 27%. That&#8217;s not a trend line \u2014 that&#8217;s a tectonic shift, and the new CNN poll out today confirms what this show has been saying for years: the angry middle isn&#8217;t homeless, it isn&#8217;t tribeless, it&#8217;s free. Paul Rieckhoff breaks down the numbers, what they mean for the 2026 midterms, and why younger voters, male voters, and white voters without college degrees are walking away from the GOP \u2014 and not running to the Democrats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>From there, it&#8217;s a full no-BS briefing. Iran has de facto control over the Strait of Hormuz and Trump is negotiating what looks like a surrender. Eight crew members are dead after a B-52 crash at Edwards Air Force Base \u2014 a story buried under the noise. Closed primaries on Tuesday continue to disenfranchise nearly half the electorate. The NYPD is rising to meet a wild week of Knicks, World Cup, and parade security. And the big question hangs over Thursday: will Trump show up and shit on New York&#8217;s joy, or stay in his tower? It&#8217;s a sanctuary in a chaotic week \u2014 and a reminder that you&#8217;re not alone in the angry middle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-WATCH <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VoHVXB3FWAs\"><span>full video of this episode here<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>-Visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/kalshi.com\/r\/INDEPENDENT\"><span>Kalshi and trade on anything<\/span><\/a><span>. 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Paul Rieckhoff breaks down the numbers, what they mean for the 2026 midterms, and why younger voters, male voters, and white voters without college degrees are walking away from the GOP \u2014 and not running to the Democrats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episodes","entry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ia-promo-square-ep552.jpg",1400,1400,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ia-promo-square-ep552.jpg",1400,1400,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ia-promo-square-ep552.jpg",1400,1400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ia-promo-square-ep552-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ia-promo-square-ep552-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ia-promo-square-ep552-1024x1024.jpg",750,750,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ia-promo-square-ep552.jpg",1400,1400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ia-promo-square-ep552.jpg",1400,1400,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ia-promo-square-ep552.jpg",1400,1400,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/category\/episodes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Episodes<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Independents have hit 47% of the country. 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