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Significantly more candidates running?
ok, and, as the article mentions, the vast majority of independents vote for one party overwhelmingly. 
People seem to love to talk about the fact that people choose not to identify with parties as much as they used to. Party identity doesn't matter though, votes do. >

Why do you think Sanders got even less votes in the primaries the second time he ran?  What's the conspiracy theory that explains that?