The changing face of America’s independent voters

It’s an understood rule of presidential politics: win over independent voters in November, and the election is yours. But who are the independent voters? Many people think of them  as white, educated, socially liberal and fiscally conservative. That may be true of some independents, but the group as a whole is changing and diversifying, and now many Americans who are ethnic minorities are identifying as independents. In 2008, less than 60% of self-identified independent were white, according to American National Election Studies. We’re talking independents with Anna Sale, reporter for WNYC’s It’s A Free Country.