We're changing that. If you dig into the Pew poll numbers you will see that the principled conservatives who are leaving off identifying themselves as Republican are moving to the Independent label. They know exactly who and what they are.
America's Independent Party
I’m not going to dispute that some people who identify themselves as “independent” (from the two parties) are conservaties. But others who do so are communists. The great portion of those who do so, however, are simply too dumb to know what they are.