{"id":138520,"date":"2026-08-15T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/15\/democrats-abandon-deep-red-state-senate-races-boosting-independents-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:27:00","slug":"democrats-abandon-deep-red-state-senate-races-boosting-independents-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/15\/democrats-abandon-deep-red-state-senate-races-boosting-independents-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats abandon deep-red state Senate races, boosting independents &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOTklKMTVNWkpQNU5mUER2ZXJQbEdVQVNYNjUwSEdESnVMVlF0bEJwbWJlUkQ0bGFaWWRSTXNpRDluRjJ3cENWTEJDeTBxUzdDekZKOUpmWjVvdTEzUFZwWnQ4cThBT3Z1REdGNlMyeWM5T1B2TFRITUs2aTNoUk9aVnQzOHdzTUdfZm5YX29TUzY1eTIxTFBRQ1pvdnozYS1pODYxeHh0TGo0a25XbmItdA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats abandon deep-red state Senate races, boosting independents<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE1Hc0I5YkxIMGFLMlczVGR5dnZVLVJ2X2EwSURyaXdpQU12S2Z0Z2JreFQyLVFEamJ0UkhPLXZaUmU5SGFPTHZvVEoxazJXenRTMmFsVTFLVTc2WjNiLUZoX004WFh5czZ5RTZONUZQdFV2VTZXZ1dzaU9MZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Independents could decide the midterms \u2014 and they aren&#8217;t happy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">FiftyPlusOne<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxPbWZXZndoLW9aV25wcjF0TmJnemtKQW9MT0tXRzBnYS1Xa1NmT3VjZXc2VG9xb3RTNmVscHlYQ28yRW5PS1h6X0hZMXVZS1ZmekUzazA2Q0pkaTBfdXNIRlpWY2g1Mzlya2MwMklQYzh6WTlFejhROTZnYmpROVJsUHhHWlhaTHVGd2dudFlReHpVYzVHakFzVG5SSzM3REx5ODRCLWZfXzlKbVd4UjZuTF8tY0hJYnpsb0pKMm5NcmhOYWtFZGhJY19PNG00aXBrbWZTVXpR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Americans are sick of Republicans and Democrats. Can Independents win?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Hindustan Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiX0FVX3lxTE5nMVYweDZyd2V4Q1BNQmJBR1pGUTB1SEJoOTd5eGl6Tk9wNmdTRWVBSzFYNThIcDlza1hRNUVOOGVqbDd0ZVBhNklUNF9FVDVIVU1aeUN4bzZlNF9pVkxn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The reckoning: Why disillusioned conservatives are cutting GOP ties<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Alternet<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQLWtxV01MTjhuSS1BNjBwREZxa0hXSEZHcmNqclJzdXV2RGYxZUJSZGlMcU5pRnhLNm92T243UEwtdnRNb3EteEdmcERUQW9nWGVWc09MdmpKaC0xVXBkNjd3dUZrZlFRTGNFNm1Fc0wyVE5DUFltUUtIZElfRFpUVkQxN0ExNU1pbXR3eWJ2Ym9NSGRyVHZxVUNHZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Frustration, not fear of judgment, drives the rise of independent voters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PsyPost<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats abandon deep-red state Senate races, boosting independents&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Independents could decide the midterms \u2014 and they aren&#8217;t happy&nbsp;&nbsp;FiftyPlusOne Americans are sick of Republicans&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/15\/democrats-abandon-deep-red-state-senate-races-boosting-independents-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}