Iowa Poll - Independents Voting For Trump - WTF?

[h-hawk]

This surprises me. Maybe Iowa has been different and I hadn't noticed but I think of Independents as people who do a better job of voting for policies and not personalities/parties. This would be the opposite as Trump's policies, as endorsed by the RPC at the convention is "whatever Trump says".

"Kelly Kirkman was skeptical of candidate Donald Trump in 2016.

“He was a TV personality, and I did not think he would do very well,” the 55-year-old independent voter said. “Obviously, I’ve changed my mind.”

Now, impressed by a growing economy and lower unemployment rates, Kirkman plans to vote for the president.

“He does what he says he’s going to do,” she said.

Trump has taken a 7 percentage-point lead over former Vice President Joe Biden in the new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll, and increased support among independent voters like Kirkman, a poll respondent from central Iowa, has fueled his rise. The poll shows 49% of those identifying as independents support Trump, versus 35% who support Biden. "

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...den-greenfield-independent-voters/6055250002/

 

[mcgrawfsu]

It's not just Iowa. Trump seems to be doing better in FL than he did in 2016.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Doesn’t really surprise me. Think of the posters here who always say “I’m an independent and don’t support Trump...” and then defend nearly everything the guy does.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

trump will win by huge margins. the trump trains around the nation prove it. big crowds showing up

 

[JohnBasedow]

This poll is a major outlier.

 

[mattymoknows]

This surprises me. Maybe Iowa has been different and I hadn't noticed but I think of Independents as people who do a better job of voting for policies and not personalities/parties. This would be the opposite as Trump's policies, as endorsed by the RPC at the convention is "whatever Trump says".

"Kelly Kirkman was skeptical of candidate Donald Trump in 2016.

“He was a TV personality, and I did not think he would do very well,” the 55-year-old independent voter said. “Obviously, I’ve changed my mind.”

Now, impressed by a growing economy and lower unemployment rates, Kirkman plans to vote for the president.

“He does what he says he’s going to do,” she said.

Trump has taken a 7 percentage-point lead over former Vice President Joe Biden in the new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll, and increased support among independent voters like Kirkman, a poll respondent from central Iowa, has fueled his rise. The poll shows 49% of those identifying as independents support Trump, versus 35% who support Biden. "

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...den-greenfield-independent-voters/6055250002/

Registered Independent Voter here and I want Trump gone. I am hopeful there are many more like me and we're that silent majority everybody keeps taking about.

 

[sober_teacher]

Polling in Iowa has been fairly close throughout so sadly I won't be surprised if Trump wins Iowa again. I do think that DSM poll over the weekend is an outlier - 7 pt lead for him, and a 15 pt lead for Hinson are well outside all the other polls that have come out this fall. In the same poll, Ernst only leads by 4 over Greenfield. Those 3 numbers don't make sense to me.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

 

[BioHawk]

Not voting at 0%? Uh...right. Also, when you don't provide a source for your data then it's just a picture with colors on it.

 

[Ozzy4335]

Right wingers are too suspicious of things to join a party. I know several people who are fanatical Trump supporters that don't partake in joining a party. They don't trust almost anything.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

Doesn’t really surprise me. Think of the posters here who always say “I’m an independent and don’t support Trump...” and then defend nearly everything the guy does.

And some of them try to say you are a hypocrite if you don't.