The Independent Voter

        On August 4, 2015 I wrote a bog titled The 6%.  I mentioned how Presidential candidate Mitt Romney made an off-the-record statement that 47% of the voters would never vote for him.  He got a lot of bad press when a live mike picked up this statement. 

        This was just a statement of fact.  In the past every Presidential candidate faced the reality that people loyal to the Republican Party or the Democratic Party will vote for their party’s candidate regardless of qualifications.     

        Some people even vote based on a candidate’s race, sex, or religion.  There are also people who vote because of the promise of free stuff or a government job. 

        Let’s be realistic for a moment.  President Obama would have lost both elections by a large margin if he had not carried over 90% of both the black and Muslim vote.  Race and religion were the determining factors in those two elections.  Identity politics worked. 

        Some people vote based on what their spouse, parents, educators, celebrities, movie stars, musicians, sports stars, or their peer group thinks.  They want to fit in with their peer group or associate with the people they admire.  

        Millions are spent on false advertising because many less-informed voters are susceptible to that type of propaganda which the lame-stream media also helps to spread.  The political elite will continue identity politics to court special interest voters as long as it works.  I hope that time is past.  

        The sad fact is that identity politics has nothing to do with the candidate’s qualifications, experience, agenda, ethics, or leadership.  Every candidate will promise they are for jobs, the economy, the working middle class, but this promise usually lasts only until they get to Washington.  Then it became big government as usual.

        For all these reasons, in August of 2015 I thought a Presidential candidate from either party would have 47% of the voters who would never vote for him or her regardless of how qualified he or she might be.  Combined, that meant 94% of the voters were committed, and only 6% of the voters determined our next President.  I was wrong. 

        The truly independent voter since the 2016 election accounts for much more than 6% of the voters.  The reason is that the country’s working class is fed up with the political elite, the Washington establishment, the deep state, the globalist agenda, and identity politics.  People wanted to make America great again.  People turned out to vote for Donald Trump who had not voted for decades. 

        Most of the polls were wrong, and most political commentators did not see it coming.  People are tired of dividing the country with race and gender.  It doesn’t work any more.  They want what is best for ALL Americans.  People are fed up.

        In less than a month we will have one of the most important mid-term elections in the history of our country.  The political commentators keep talking about the Democrats and Republicans energizing their base.  They are missing the big picture.  Independent voters are the key, and they amount to much more than 6%.

        The questions are simple.  Do we continue to make America great or do we go back to the deep state and Washington establishment with a globalist agenda?  Do we vote for results or resistance?

God bless President Trump and guide him to make America great again. 

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