I just don’t believe there are that many Independents.
Independents = Cowards
I will enthusiastically vote for Donald Trump but am registered as a Republican and vote for most of them more out of habit and absolute opposition to the Democratic Party. I can easily understand why someone would switch to “Independent” in reaction to the “Socialist-Lite” and cowardly conduct of the Republican Party’s professional political class. Maybe those who do have more courage than me.