Why do you think more Dem's have left the party and gone independent than Repubs?
800,000 have left the democratic party and 350,000 have left the Repubs.
Voters are leaving main parties in droves
I like many conservative Dem's left the party because I was sick and tired of the liberals not letting conservatives vote for their representatives. Conservative Dem's have fought to get their voices heard and the party has not allowed that for almost 20 years.
Cons have finally had it and are leaving the party of the far left only ideology.
Same with the moderates in 2009 and 2010 moderates were also being shut out.
Liberals have hijacked the party and moderate and conservative Dem's left in a far greater number that the Repubs.