Matthew McConaughey: ‘Independents belong’ in political fight

Matthew McConaughey is sharing a pre-midterm elections message, saying that voting for independent candidates could bring lawmakers “back to the middle, where most American values live.”

In a video posted on X on Sunday, the “Interstellar” star said, “This is about the upcoming ballot, and I am not here today to endorse a candidate or a party. I am here endorsing two things: fairness and reality.”

“I believe in a fair fight, and a fair fight is not just two fighters throwing the same punches at each other for 50 years. A fair fight is when the fighters who ought to be represented in the fight are actually in the fight,” McConaughey said. 

“The number one political identity in America today is not Republican. It is not Democrat. It is independent,” McConaughey said.

A 2025 Gallup poll found that 45 percent of U.S. adults identified as independents, compared to 27 percent each of respondents identifying as Democrats or Republicans. 

“So independents belong in the fight — not as a protest, not as a spoiler — but as a real and potential winner, on the ballot and considered seriously by us,” McConaughey........

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