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Having won 115 seats, the PTI should be able to get the support of scores of independents and members of the half-dozen smaller parties.
If Fatah refuses to join a coalition, Hamas may opt for a government of independents and technocrats.
The Senate, with more formal power to block and bring down governments than any comparable upper house, has been dominated in recent years by a litter of minor parties and independents reminiscent of the bar scene from Star Wars.
The other 120 seats are assigned to individual candidates, who are likely to be local notables, independents with strong tribal affiliations, and, to a lesser extent, a mix of Islamist and liberal politicians.
To be sure, some congressional Democrats and independents have occasionally joined with Republicans in blocking gun-control legislation.
In Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, just enough moderate Republicans, Democrats, and independents shifted toward Biden to make the difference.
In terms of absolute numbers nationwide, many more people identify as Democrats than as Republicans, but a significant share of voters identify as independents.
In battleground states, however, it is Republicans who have the advantage (with independents remaining a substantial group).
Democrats and a few moderate Republicans and independents did not want another four years of Trump, and most Republican voters appear not to have wanted to pass the baton back to the mistrusted “coastal” elites, globalists, “biased” liberal media, and Washington insiders.
Self-identified independents declined by 8%.
Among those who still identify as independents, the share of those leaning either left or right has changed little.
Moreover, as Table 2 shows, perceptions of Trump’s management of the COVID-19 crisis have declined considerably since March, and even since July, especially among moderate Republicans, Democrats, and independents – three groups whose votes are decisive in battleground states.
But, as Table 8 shows, far more voters – especially Democrats and independents, but also Republicans – are embracing early voting and voting by mail.
Trump’s hardcore base is simply not large enough to hand him victory, and he lacks the support of moderates and independents.
Witnessing all of this, Democrats and independents are right to be dismayed and angered, not just at Trump, but at the entire Republican Party.
Moreover, Biden also will be contending with a fractious Democratic coalition that could explode at any moment into a battle among leftists, moderates, and anti-Trump independents.
Trump dominates the Republican Party, but only 29% of Americans identify themselves as Republicans, with 27% identifying as Democrats and 38% as independents, not comfortable with either party but unrepresented by an alternative.
All will claim they can win the presidency with the support of undecided independents and moderate Republicans.
This means that moderates and especially self-identified independents will make all the difference.
As Table 1 shows, Trump’s overall approval ratings rose in March, with a significant share of not only Republicans and moderates, but also Democrats and independents approving of his virus response.
For independents – whose voting patterns are significant determinants of outcomes in swing states – the shift was very large.
As Table 3 shows, from late March to mid-July, the number of independents who intend to vote for Biden increased by a striking 23%.
As for independents, as Table 4 shows, 68% disapproved of Trump’s handling of COVID-19 in July, a 25% increase since March.
Only 11% of independents who disapprove of Trump’s COVID-19 response plan to vote for him.
Eighty percent of the 43% of independents who do approve of Trump’s response plan to vote for him.
In sum, Trump is losing among independents and moderates, owing to his handling of the pandemic.
Despite the worst pandemic in a century and dire predictions of chaotic voting conditions, a record number of voters turned out, and the thousands of local officials – Republicans, Democrats, and independents – who administered the election regarded the honest execution of their tasks as a civic duty.
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