WHERE HAS THE MIDDLE GONE?

WHERE HAS THE MIDDLE GONE? http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/22/what-s-driving-america-s-evolution-divide.html "What is of greater interest to me, however, is the failure of the “middle ground” to capture more support." "Only Team Red and Team Blue dead-enders can disagree. In January, Gallup found a historically high number of Americans – 42 percent – self-identify as politically independent. The Republican brand is totally in the crapper, with just 25 percent copping to that affiliation, and the Democrats are flatter than a leaking bottle of SodaStream seltzer, pulling just 31 percent." http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/us/politics/financier-plans-big-ad-campaign-on-environment.html?_r=0 http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/the-left-right-political-spectrum-is-bogus/373139/ "Rather, my approach is “philosophical”: to try to confront both sides with the fact that their positions are incoherent. " http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/nevada-democrats-chose-none-these-candidates-primary-n128166