Voter Disgust Not Only Related To Issues

If you hear any of the candidate speeches around the US this week, or view any of the advertisements that are flooding the TV channels, you will recognize that the midterm elections next month are about the issues you thought were most important: federal spending and job losses, healthcare policy and the Obama administration's agenda.

And still, if Democrats fail to maintain their control over Congress, President Obama will become the third US president in a row to see his political party lose its grip on power on his watch- something that has never happened in America's turbulent political history. What it shows is that even though the core issues may appear to be dominating the elections, there are also some other factors at work.

The ever growing number of independent voters may be one of those factors. The category includes voters who relate more to one major political party than the other or those who are doubtful about both. A recent poll by Pew Center shows that Republicans' advantage right now is mostly related to their 13-point lead amongst independent voters, which technically is the same margin by which independents rallied behind Democrats in 2006 and Obama in 2008.

This unnoticed factor makes strategists in both the parties appear insane, as they strive to make their party stand out from the other. They think that it is possible to convince voters to choose a party and stick to it.

Modern leaders win elections by vowing to change America, to make it more responsive to the American people. But when they are elected, they forget about their promises and get caught up in traditional debates, leaving the people who vote for them disgusted and hence they rebel again.