[xzins]

Yes. Those are the ones he’s focused on. He’s saying that they should have factored in his independence more than they did, that he isn’t taking outside money which the other candidates are doing.

It would be hard to fault his own supporters with that since evidently they voted FOR him.

I believe he’s referring to those who jumped from him to someone else. That’s assuming the earlier polls were correct. Maybe they weren’t. But it does appear that he lost last minute support.

So, whatever their reason for jumping ship, he says they should have given more weight to his independence.

That’s my take, and I’m sticking with it. :>)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Yes. Those are the ones he's focused on. He's saying that they should have factored in his independence more than they did, that he isn't taking outside money which the other candidates are doing.

I believe that they did factor that in, along with everything else about him. To suggest otherwise is equivalent of calling them stupid.