the only way to win was doing well with independents and we were kicking ass with independents

[upaloopa]

The Romney campaign thought Obama’s base had lost its affection for its candidate. They believed Obama would win only if he won over independent voters. So Romney focused on independents and the economy, which was their key issue. The Republican ground game was focused on winning those voters. “We thought the only way to win was doing well with independents and we were kicking ass with independents,


http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/11/why_romney_was_surprised_to_lose_his_campaign_had_the_wrong_numbers_bad.html

[Armstead]

1. And your point is.....?

[upaloopa]

2. You all like thinking history repeats itself

I thought I'd give you a little history on independent voting since you all feel you have that locked up.

[zalinda]

3. This is a very weird article

Republicans didn't vote for Romney, but Independents did? What? I must be in upside down world. Republicans are nothing but loyal, so I don't see the rational in this. I think they were polling with the wrong questions and so got the wrong answers. He was not likable, no matter how you look at it. He was arrogant and seemed to be self entitled. Obama seemed much more popular, which is why the band wagon voters voted him in.

Z

[NCTraveler]

4. 'Long Shot' Kucinich Buries Democratic Rivals in Nationwide Poll Among Independent Voters

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democratic Presidential
Candidate Dennis Kucinich, who has been the runaway winner in polls of the
Party's progressive, grassroots base in recent weeks, scored another huge
win yesterday by capturing almost 77% of the vote in a nationwide poll
sponsored by a coalition of Independent voting groups across the country.

Of the more than 80,000 votes cast for Democratic candidates at
http://www.independentprimary.com by self-described independent voters, the
Ohio Congressman received 61,477, burying second place finisher, former
Senator John Edwards, who received only 7,614 votes, or 9.5 percent.

Nationally, more than 40 percent of voters are not aligned with any
political party, and, in 29 states, including New Hampshire, "Independents"
have the option to select either the Republican or the Democratic ballot in
a Presidential primary. In Iowa, only Democrats can vote in the Jan. 3
Democratic caucuses, and the total turnout there is expected to be less
than 10% of the eligible voters statewide (Washington Post).

This is the latest in a string of exceptionally strong finishes by
Kucinich in national on-line polls. Last month, he topped all other
candidates in 47 of 50 states in a poll sponsored by Democracy for America
(DFA), in which he received almost 32% of the 150,000-plus votes cast --
more than Edwards and Senator Barack Obama combined. In that poll, Kucinich
won both Iowa and New Hampshire. In a survey by the 90,000-member
Progressive Democrats of America, Kucinich took 41% of the vote nationwide.
And, in a poll conducted by the progressive The Nation magazine, he won
with 35% of the vote. Obama came in second with 24%, and Edwards was third
with 13%.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/long-shot-kucinich-buries-democratic-rivals-in-nationwide-poll-among-independent-voters-58856037.html