A New Declaration
Independent Voters Must Reclaim America’s Future
“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
– Declaration of Independence, 1776
Thomas Jefferson was not writing poetry when he drafted the Declaration of Independence. He was making the case to an outdated society that the colonies no longer recognized the legitimacy of a system that did not represent them. His words were meant to unify disparate voices, articulate their shared grievance, and rally people toward a new vision of self-government.
Two hundred and forty-nine years later, Jefferson’s warning rings with unsettling clarity:
“…whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it…”
We may not be living under a monarchy, but our modern political reality is increasingly marked by dysfunction, corporate capture, petty stunts, and a party system that offers choice in name only. The truth is uncomfortable but undeniable: the two dominant parties no longer enjoys the full consent of the people they govern. And a growing bloc of Independent voters are ready to declare their independence once again.
Over 43% of Americans now identify as politically independent, the largest and most diverse voting bloc in the nation. Yet the system is designed in certain ways to silence them. Most Americans feel trapped. They aren’t loyal Democrats or Republicans, they’re exhausted participants in what feels like a rigged game. And still, they vote—often not “for” someone they like, but against someone they don’t like.
So today, we declare that the two-party system no longer serves the American people.
We assert that:
A government driven by special interests cannot establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, or secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.
A system designed to restrict ballot access, rig voter maps, and shuts out alternatives is not a democracy.
A political system that perpetuates and entrenches itself by depending on division, dysfunction, and distrust has lost its legitimacy.
We declare our independence, not from America—but as American’s.
We Declare our Independence;
As workers who clock in every morning, wondering if this month’s paycheck will stretch far enough to cover the rent and our families future.
As veterans who served under one flag, only to come home to a system that forgets their service.
As students drowning in debt, told that education is the key to the American Dream, only to be handed to for-profit lending systems and finding every opportunity to advance dwindling with outsourcing and technology.
As parents who teach our children about fair play, while knowing the well-connected make all the rules we live by.
We declare our independence as farmers in the plains, teachers in the schools, as builders, nurses, truckers, and dreamers—all who feel unseen by a government too preoccupied with fundraising and finger-pointing to remember who it serves.
We are not abandoning our politics, we are recommitting to them.
We are not tearing institutions down, but building them back with honesty, humility, and hope.
We do not seek power for ourselves or for only those who share our views, but rather to restore the basic American principle of representation for all.
We Stand:
For an America that refuses to settle for the lesser of two evils.
For an America that believes in self-correction.
For an America that still dares to dream.
We declare our independence to restore what was promised:
Life. Liberty. The Pursuit of Happiness.
Not just for the few, not just in words—but for all, in practice.
Declare your Independence
Independent National Coalition