I tend to place the “independent” voter in the low-information category.
I tend to put them in the “I’m-really-a-liberal-who-doesn’t-care-until-the-commies-raise-my-taxes-and-cost-of-living” category.
Many of the most conservative people at FR, are Independents, many of whom left the GOP in recent years, because it is too liberal.
Why do you think that FR is not a republican site?