re: #127 freetoken

Thanks.

Once again, I have to ask about the self-reporting of label-identification.

Who is left that declares themselves “Republican”?

I suspect the “Independent” category includes more and more former-Republicans.

The polling data CNN uses is on page 15 here:
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Although the pollster claims there were 1012 respondents, I cannot find a more detailed breakdown.

So while 58% of Republicans claimed to approve of the policy, we don’t know how that translates into the American population as a whole, as we don’t know how the selection bias of the polling worked.

“Independent” also grew as a class as the Iraq debacle under GW Bush developed.

My term for “independent” is temporarily embarrassed Republican.