Norman, the way the poll was explained in the article was 25% of the 40% were republicicans, 10% were independents and 5% were democrats. It was a breakdown of the parts of the whole.
25% + 10% + 5% = 40%, not 25% of those polled but the 25% was the breakdown.
Perhaps but that doesn’t make sense to me. Why say it that way? It’s far too confusing.