{
  "id": 806819,
  "title": "Frustration, not fear of judgment, drives the rise of independent voters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/frustration-not-fear-of-judgment-drives-the-rise-of-independent-voters",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-13T20:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PsyPost",
    "slug": "psypost",
    "url": "https://www.psypost.org/frustration-not-fear-of-judgment-drives-the-rise-of-independent-voters/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A record number of Americans now identify as political independents. A new study reveals voters are shedding their party labels not to avoid social stigma, but because they are genuinely frustrated with their own party's candidates and platforms.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}