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Independents aren't policy wonks. They pay little attention to the day to day going on's in Washington. Their vote is more determined by how they view the candidates, whether they like one more than the other or as in Hillary's case, dislike her more than Trump.

Hard to pin independents down. Half of America doesn't vote. Does anybody ever poll the non-voters? No...because they don't count.
Polls always start with "how likely are you to vote?"
90% of these people say "Not at all, goodbye."

These are the independents. They honestly don't give a f*ck. I used to be one of them and I honestly didn't. I got my news from the truck radio on the way to work. And when it came on I changed stations.

Every election cycle there are issues that pull a certain number of these voters out of their self-centric little worlds and into the polls.

Donald Trump is the top issue this time around.

Healthcare polls really high in importance to likely voters.

Climate change has been mentioned as an issue.

The Economy, Immigration...woman's rights, gay rights, and down into the minutia of sub-genres of other issues.

The stuff that brings out voters who wouldn't have otherwise voted.

I think it's going to heavily favor Democrats in the general election and in the primaries the overall wokeness of the democratic voters has increased dramatically and heavily favors the left.

That's the Bernie surge we're seeing. A vote for Bernie is a big "f*ck you" to the status quo. If Bernie has early success in the primaries it's gonna encourage more people to do it. It could go viral...


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