Trump draws as much from today’s dems as repubs. He’d win indie.
We’re seeing a realignment in party on both sides. Each side is leaving the leftish heaves of their party. Trump is there mostly.
That's precisely the argument that was made for Perot.
A plainspoken private businessman, a pragmatist beholden to neither party, a patriot not a politician, a natural leader with an authentic personality, etc., etc.
Has appeal to independents, Reagan Democrats, as well as Republicans, etc., etc.
It's the same script.
In reality, when someone splits independents, the Democrat ground game wins.