I think you are vastly overestimating how many of these independents are progressive.
That’s an interesting and telling assumption you make. You should probably address the assertion on its merits instead of projecting what you think my reasoning is, because I do have one, and its not the one you are making up.
Do you think that Dick Cheney’s endorsement gets Democrats independents?
Let’s put it this way. How many Independants, who were leaning toward voting for Harris already, see the Dick Cheney endorsement and say “That’s it! That’s the last straw, I’m not voting for her!” I think you can count those people on one hand (or maybe no hands). I think that group is exclusively people who would have never voted for Harris because even she is too far right for them, and are using Cheney as an excuse.
OTOH, I think many more Independants categorize themselves that way because they are fed up with partisanship entirely, and would be pulled toward the side that appears to have the bigger tent. Maybe Cheney himself isn’t the tipping point. But his endorsement, plus all the Republicans who refuse to endorse Trump, might be.
That’s an interesting and telling assumption you make. You should probably address the assertion on its merits instead of projecting what you think my reasoning is, because I do have one, and its not the one you are making up.
Do you think that Dick Cheney’s endorsement gets Democrats independents?
Let’s put it this way. How many Independants, who were leaning toward voting for Harris already, see the Dick Cheney endorsement and say “That’s it! That’s the last straw, I’m not voting for her!” I think you can count those people on one hand (or maybe no hands). I think that group is exclusively people who would have never voted for Harris because even she is too far right for them, and are using Cheney as an excuse.
OTOH, I think many more Independants categorize themselves that way because they are fed up with partisanship entirely, and would be pulled toward the side that appears to have the bigger tent. Maybe Cheney himself isn’t the tipping point. But his endorsement, plus all the Republicans who refuse to endorse Trump, might be.