Eight Texas independent voters share how they're sizing up the candidates heading into November [View all]

[Bolo Boffin]

The extraordinary events have left many voters with whiplash. Republicans have been even more vocal with their support of Trump after the assassination attempt. Democrats have rallied around Harris who has breathed life back into her party’s hopes after Biden’s disastrous debate performance against Trump in late June.

....According to August polling, Trump leads among Texas’ independent voters by 2 percentage points, a narrowing among the key bloc since his 24-point leg up over Biden in June. Harris is gaining ground among women who are independent voters, who prefer her over Trump by a 6-point margin.

In Texas, voters don’t have to officially declare a party to cast a ballot. They can vote in whatever primary they choose. The Texas Tribune spoke to some of those voters who identify as independents about the state of the race, who they expect to vote for and what issues are most pressing to them.

Here are a few of their stories.

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/05/independent-voters-texas-presidential-trump-harris

Some of these are good, and some are like chewing aluminum foil. The amount of disinfo some of these voters reveal in their thinking is heartbreaking. (And some don't seem very "independent," either.)