Independent "deliberators," those who can swing from one party to the next in consecutive elections, are mostly conservative on fiscal policy and liberal on social policy, according to a new study by The Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation.

The study uses a July 25 to Aug. 5 survey on 3,130 adults, one of the largest samples of any poll conducted this election year. It concludes that there are four types of independents -- disguised Democrats, disguised Republicans, detached independents and deliberator independents.