re: #15 Surabaya Stew

For the Dems, 34% is not totally shocking to me, as that population may include lots of older, more traditional “Reagan Democrats”. For independents such as myself, 34% is shocking.

Remember that Independents no longer means centrists and moderates, if indeed it ever did. Many ‘independents’ nowadays are those who do not identify as Republican because they think Republicans are too liberal and just as bad as those socialist Nazis in the Democrats. This is partly why the meme that ‘Independents swung away from Democrats’ in the last election is complete rubbish.