Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
Trump is destroying the right. It's just that simple. He's a divider. All of you angry folk enamoured with him aren't thinking past the part where he turns off independents and moderates and THOSE are the people who decide who is President. Not the far right nor the far left.
That may have once been true about winning the independent votes but Romney learned it WASN'T TRUE!

http://www.businessinsider.com/obama...ection-2012-11
Why Winning The Independent Vote Can Actually Be A Bad Thing

Brett LoGiurato

Nov. 12, 2012, 5:03 PM


In the final days of the 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney's political director
Rich Beeson was steadfast about his candidate's chances in key swing state Ohio.

"Whoever wins independent voters in Ohio, wins Ohio," Beeson said on "Fox News Sunday,"
two days before the election.

He was, of course, wrong. Romney won self-identified Independents in Ohio by a overwhelming
10 points, according to exit polls, but lost the state to President Barack Obama by 2 points.

A similar trend was seen across much of the country — Romney won among Independents by 5 points,
50-45, but lost to Obama, 51-48. The numbers illustrate why winning the Independent vote in
pre-election polls isn't necessarily a telltale sign of victory, as many political strategists
have suggested.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Nothing is quite as good as proof in the pudding my friend.. -Tyr