(The following story was originally published on MassLive)
SPRINGFIELD — As Evan Falchuk has spent his days and nights crisscrossing Massachusetts talking to voters and listening to their concerns, he says his campaign for governor has grown by leaps and bounds, swelling to hundreds of volunteers in addition to his full-time staff.
“People are starting to pay attention to the fact that this is an election year, and I’m hearing a lot of folks say they are tired of party politics,” Falchuk said in between stops in Western Massachusetts on Thursday. “People are excited to hear about our independent platform and the prospect of getting other new candidates involved in the future.”
Falchuk is running under his newly created United Independent Party, a third-party option he hopes will appeal to the 51 percent of registered voters in the state who are not enrolled in either the Democratic or Republican parties. Falchuk has perpetuated a socially liberal and fiscally moderate approach to politics.
He says that as the voters become more disenchanted with “politics as usual” between the two parties, they are joining his campaign and working to promote not just his candidacy but also the United Independent Party.