Clinton Narrowly Beats Trump With Independents in Bloomberg Poll
The Democrat has a four-point advantage in a head-to-head matchup.
Clinton Leads Trump With Independents: Bloomberg Poll
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Hillary Clinton holds a slim advantage with independents, a group Republican Mitt Romney won by five percentage points in 2012, with almost half the voters in the crucial bloc saying renewed scrutiny of her e-mail won’t impact their vote.
Likely voters who don't identify with either party represented 29 percent of the electorate in the last presidential election and now back Clinton over Donald Trump 39 percent to 35 percent in a head-to-head contest, the latest Purple Slice online poll for Bloomberg Politics shows. When third-party candidates are included, she holds a three-point edge.