Republicans see trouble with independents for Trump [View all]
Source: The Hill
Republican senators are growing increasingly concerned about President Trump’s weak polling numbers with independent voters and warn that the GOP may be headed for a political wipeout in the November election because Trump’s popularity with Republican primary voters isn’t translating across the broader electorate.
Several Republican senators told The Hill that polling data shared at a Tuesday conference meeting by Senate Republican Conference Committee Chair Tom Cotton (Ark.) indicated Democrats have a significant polling lead among independents five months before the general election.
The data circulated among Republican senators showed Democrats with a double-digit lead among independents.
The GOP senator said independent voters, including those who supported Trump in the 2024 election, are most concerned about “their pocketbook, their wages, inflation, and a lot of those people think that’s not the top priorities of what Republicans are doing right now.”
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5908814-gop-poll-numbers-decline/
Independents are going to be deciding elections for the foreseeable future. They are the largest bloc of voters, and they are growing. It seems to be changing from the past where they leaned towards one party or the other and they voted that way.
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