To the truly independent voters of the board

People can say whatever they want, but a TRUE independent voter would support this POTUS.

He's the only one who hasn't been living in the swamp for decades...

I have never voted Republican in a general election since I've been able to vote. I voted Libertarian in 2004, wrote in Ron Paul in 2008 and voted for Gary Johnson in 2012 and 2016. I will be voting for Trump in 2020.

I’ll never vote Democrat again. They’ve made it obvious that they are completely off the rails. They have zero stance on anything but Let’s all hate Trump.

I am a true registered independent, and the first vote I ever cast was for Donald J Trump. I think he exposed the blatant media bias. I never knew it was so obvious until he took office. I don’t agree with everything Trump says, but I’m 100% behind his aim to put America first. I understand he doesn’t hate immigrants, but he enforces the law that they should come in legally through a process. I don’t think illegal immigrants should have any rights whatsoever to our healthcare, etc.

I can’t stand radical Democrats. Every late night show I accidentally leave on has the comic totally belittling and mocking our president. It’s truly shameful.

Patiently waiting for Howard Shultz to announce his run as an independent.

I am maybe an independent, I don’t really just love either party, but the older I get the more I’ve traveled from left to center. I think everyone has a little hypocrite in them and for sure both parties have hypocritical stances but the current left takes it to a whole new level. I get dumbfounded by both parties thinking I should give a shite about one side doing something but not give a shite when the other side does something similarly crappy.

Since Trump took office I certainly haven’t moved back to the left. I’m not his biggest fan but I am 100% anti-socialism which is seemingly pretty much the bulk of the dems now,

You can hear the independent voters in public and while meeting with other people. I’ve listened to them without interjecting much

There was concern with the Mueller report. In the aftermath, they have became way more skeptical of following claims and resulting nothingness. Now the claims are resulting in them getting tired of it and numbness to it.

And they are also pretty happy with the economy in which everyone feels even if they don’t follow the news closely. And the Dems must be hearing the same thing and that is why “recession” was being pushed so hard just in the past month.

Those are my observations.

I became an Independent back in 2004. Couldn't stand the thought of having an R next to my name anymore after the Patriot act and the overreach into the personal lives of Americans under the guise of "safety".

Imagine my surprise when Obama gets elected and continues to use the Patriot act.

No change came.

These days, the Democrats have turned into a caricature of themselves.

I find it hilarious that Trump frustrates them and they fumble so damn much. They bring it on themselves.

The only Democrat I'd vote for in the presidential election is Tulsi. But she's getting railroaded by the DNC, so expect another puppet on the ticket in 2020. It definitely won't be a principled Democrat.

I see a huge 2020 victory for Trump. Dems can't handle Trump honestly. That's why they keep making shite up to try to impeach him.

The part the Democrats don't understand is attempting to impeach Trump only will make his base stronger.

They only need to look at how much Clinton is revered by the left to understand this.

But they won't and they kill their 2020 chances by being shortsighted.

Further, they've made me feel bad about a guy (Trump) who I shouldn't feel bad about with all the bullshite they pull.

I'm not the only one.

Throughout my 30 year voting history, I have voted GOP probably 90 or 95% of the time. I originally considered myself a Republican, but (as the kabuki theater in Washington has become increasingly ridiculous over the decades) I have become more likely to describe myself as a Republican-leaning libertarian and more inclined to vote LPA in the occasional race. This was essentially a protest vote (the LPA is a joke, for different reasons) in a state that was solidly-Red and unlikely to elect a Dem, regardless of my vote.

The behavior of both parties over the past three years has increased my disgust with the two party system and made it far more likely that I will vote LPA in almost ALL races that the GOP cannot conceivably lose. I will still vote GOP over the Dem in almost any close races.

The sole historical exception has been the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, where I see too many “law and order” Republicans as being far too inclined to trample the civil liberties of criminal defendants. In those races, I have split my votes probably about 50:50 for the last twenty years or so. Ironically, the GOP seems to be running fewer “law and order” ideologues for this Court, and I will probably vote for fewer Dems in those races.

Lastly, I cannot imagine the Dem candidate who would be bad enough to EVER induce me to cast a vote for Dan Patrick.

To quote an earlier poster

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The Dem base trying so hard to believe every scrap of innuendo they are fed has been almost comical to watch while at the same time the tRumpkins complete abandonment of principle has been ... disappointing to see.

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TLDNR. The last three years just demonstrate the continuing devolution that has been taking place in politics for decades.