Voters might finally agree on something: They don’t want Matthew McConaughey in politics

Matthew McConaughey is talking politics on social media—and social media users are urging him to not to. The Texan actor took to X to post a video in which he urged voters to consider independent candidates ahead of the election. “They’ve been telling us for years that an independent vote is a wasted vote,” McConaughey said in the October 18 video. “Well, a great question for our time is: how’s that unwasted vote been working out for you?” The comments arrive just weeks before the 2026 midterm elections, which include several tight races across the country, including one in McConaughey’s own home state of Texas—where disgraced former attorney general Ken Paxton is running against Democratic nominee James Talarico for U.S. Senate. McConaughey continued in the six-minute monologue, making the argument for embracing a non-Democrat or non-Republican. “Here’s a fact: The number one political identity in America today is not Republican. It is not Democrat. It is Independent. There are more of us than either party, so Independents belong in the fight. Not as a protest, not as a spoiler, but as a real and potential winner,” the Interstellar actor said. McConaughey did not endorse a specif…

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