If you were a Senator/Representative, which party would you caucus with?

[Suburbia]

In America's two party rule, if you are a Independent elected to Congress, you have to caucus with the Republican Party or the Democratic Party.

What would you do?

[Suburbia]

But he added:

"One final word. By associating myself with one side, I am not in automatic opposition to the other. In the situation of a Republican House, a Democratic Senate but with substantial powers in the minority, and a Democratic president, no one party can control the outcome of our collective deliberations. As Bill Clinton might say, it's just arithmetic. In fact, this situation has only two possible outcomes — action based upon good-faith compromise or no action resulting from political deadlock.

"And this latter is simply unacceptable to the American people."

https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/11/14/165149633/maine-independent-angus-king-to-caucus-with-senate-democrats

https://www.npr.org/2012/11/07/164631079/all-eyes-on-angus-king-to-pick-caucus-party

[Suburbia]

Independent, I wouldn't want to have to have my votes influenced by party leadership.