It's rare when a president wins the campaign without winning independents.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've done so many independents for so many years. Leads that nobody's seen.
I don't know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.
Actually, I believe there are more independents than either Republicans or Democrats, and yet those are the... that is the choice we have on the party ballot.
Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College.
A President cannot always be popular.
The presidency is more than a popularity contest.
In the last 100 years only Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford lost their bids for reelection. President Lyndon Johnson did not run for a second term.
Anytime you have a reelection campaign against an incumbent president and you're the party out of power - on the one hand it's wide open because there's not an heir apparent - but people are also gauging how strong is that incumbent president and what are my chances.
You have to remember that in a state like Florida, independent voters will decide the election.
Having an election with only one candidate running is impossible. This is not a democracy.
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