As Is Their Habit, Independents Seem to Be Breaking Against the Incumbent

… What many don’t appreciate is that voters who consider themselves independent have a tendency to vote for change in every presidential election. 2016 marked the fifth consecutive election in which independents have voted in favor of the party not holding the White House, by an average of 4 percentage points. …

Now consider that 66 percent of independent voters in the last Fox News poll disapproved of Trump’s job performance so far, to just 29 percent who approved. CONT.

Charlie Cook


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