Sinema Goes Independent

 Arizona Senator Sinema leaves Democratic Party, registers as independent. She is left, but has often served as a brake on the far-left elements of the Democratic party. Maybe if all members of the legislative branch were independents, they could represent their constituents and not a party HQ'd in DC and funded by global, not even American, money. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/tired-partisanship-senator-kyrsten-sinema-abandons-dems-goes-independent

Better to Hurt Your Own Tribe than Help the Other

 If you have any doubt that Americans have been polarized and tribalized out of rational thinking see this study. Most participants would not give their tribe two dollars if it meant the other tribe got one dollar. 

Opening up ballot access so that more choices are available is the best way to lower the emotional costs of switching brands so that people can start evaluating choices based on reason rather than tribal identidy.