Cover -- Half Title -- Endorsement -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Who Is the Independent Voter? -- 2 Independents in American History -- 3 Independent Voters or Shadow Partisans? -- 4 Independents and Their Uses of Power -- 5 Can Independents Be Key to Bridging the Political Divide? -- 6 Free the Voters: The Legal Barriers and Biases Against Independents -- 7 Independents Speak: "We're Not a Party. We're a Mindset" -- 8 What Binds Independents Together? -- 9 Democracy's Dilemma -- 10 Developing Democracy -- Afterword