Democracy Doesn’t Need Independent Candidates Like RFK Jr.

There’s a certain snob appeal associated with self-proclaimed political independence from the two major parties. Independents often think of themselves as more discriminating people who “vote for the candidate, not the party” and even as freethinkers not bound by family tradition, ethnic group, or past loyalties to ride a donkey or an elephant.

Now a ton of research has established the inconvenient truth that...