Posted on 06/12/2016 4:12:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has sunken to third place among independent voters, a new poll reveals.
Clinton pulled just 22 per cent of the independent vote in the latest Fox News poll, finishing behind Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson.
Trump led among independents, pulling 32 per cent of the vote, while Johnson, a former governor of New Mexico, got 23 per cent.
'This is very bad news for Hillary Clinton,' Republican strategist Susan Del Percio told the New York Post. 'She needs independents to win in November.'
Clinton did, however, show a three-point national lead overall in the poll, which was released on Friday.
The poll showed Clinton leading 42 per cent to Trump's 39 per cent in a theoretical match up.
Del Percio noted that the poll showed a drop in overall support for Trump.
'Both candidates must start to broaden their support beyond their base, and hope that Governor Johnson's campaign on the Libertarian line does not gain steam,' she told the Post....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
It’s too early to say they won’t!
I am telling you Johnson is a non-factor in this election.
So we have Trump ((Yuge Johnson) and Johnson and then Hillary (No Johnson)?
I feel any one that considers them selves independent that has not chosen to vote for Hillary or Trump will eventually vote Trump because of one fact that Hillary cant hide from she is a CRIMINAL and so is bill. both have been selling influence since he took office in Arkansas.
I know what you are telling me. And I am telling you this:
In the 2000 presidential election in Florida, George W. Bush defeated Al Gore by 537 votes. Nader received 97,421 votes, which led to claims that he was responsible for Gore’s defeat. Nader, both in his book Crashing the Party and on his website, states: “In the year 2000, exit polls reported that 25% of my voters would have voted for Bush, 38% would have voted for Gore and the rest would not have voted at all.”[18] (which would net a 13%, 12,665 votes, advantage for Gore over Bush.) When asked about claims of being a spoiler, Nader typically points to the controversial Supreme Court ruling that halted a Florida recount, Gore’s loss in his home state of Tennessee, and the “quarter million Democrats who voted for Bush in Florida.”[7]
Are there that many Democrats that she could still be ahead 42-39 if she’s doing that poorly among Independents?
The pollsters admit they can’t get a good handle on “likely voter.”
But how do they measure Party ID?
Well, that lasted until Orlando. Get over it, hillary.
After today, I have a strong feeling that Hillary is about to have a serious health event.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.