Blogs Posts on "Independents"
Obama - The Independents Factor by Mario Piperni dot Com on Nov 24, 2009With so much talk of health care reform, the economy and Afghanistan, many are concerned that President Obama is losing support among independents. Polling indicates that things have stabilized nicely over the last three months. . . As Pollster.co...
Jon Stewart Interviews Lou Dobbs, Reveals More Paranoia by Donklephant on Nov 19, 2009As many of you know, I’ve been a fan of Dobbs. Yes, he has been leading the far right on issues like immigration and border security, but he opposed the Bush tax cuts, wanted to raise the minimum wage, is pro choice and favors gay marriage. Mea...
Generic Congressional Repubs Beat Generic Congressional Dems by Donklephant on Nov 12, 2009Gallup is out with a poll that suggests more problems for the Dems and a 10 point shift in voter preference since July. First, the numbers… The bigger news here? Independents are swinging wildly in favor of the generic Republicans. There̵...
Where the Independent Voters–and Independent Candidates–Are in 2010 by Donklephant on Nov 12, 2009Where the Independent Voters — and Independent Candidates — Are in 2010 You’ll never see what happened last Tuesday looking through a two-party microscope! Nope. You need an independent historyscope to get this one! I had the pleasu...
News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/29/09 by Donklephant on Oct 29, 2009News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/29/09 As we head to Election Day 2009, everyone is talking about the Yankees and the Phillies. And a few people are talking about the Mayoral race in NYC, where independent candidate Mike Bloomberg is poised t...
Serious as a Heart Attack: The Independents’ Story by Donklephant on Oct 12, 2009SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK: THE INDEPENDENTS’ STORY By: Jackie Salit When we finally get far enough down the road on health care reform, it will become clear that a driving force in the intensity of the fight was a heart attack. Not the medical kind...
News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/6/09 by Donklephant on Oct 6, 2009News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/6/09 Independent Voters On healthcare and other hot issues: Follow the independents–The number of voters not tied to Democrats or Republicans is expanding fast. Both parties need to adjust. (By the Chris...
Independents Leaning More Right? by Donklephant on Oct 3, 2009Gallup has some numbers that might surprise. Basically, the folks who decide the elections (the indys) are starting to consider the Republicans more and Dems better pay attention. Because the only reason they made such historic gains in 2006 is becau...
More Independents Leaning GOP; Party Gap Smallest Since 2005 by The Reaganite Republican on Oct 1, 2009According to pollsters at Gallup, 48% of Americans identified politically as Democrats... or said they were independent but leaned to the Democratic Party. At the same time, 42% identified as Republicans or as independents who leaned Republican. Tha...
News Headlines for Independent Voters 9/24/09 by Donklephant on Sep 24, 2009Independent voters are at the center (though not necessarily centr-IST!) of the current firestorm going on in the country over healthcare, socialism, war, and nearly every other issue around. I was reading Jonathan Weisman’s article in the WSJ...
