smerconish starts right now. is it over before it begins? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. before a single primary vote has been cast, has donald trump already sewn up the gop nomination or is it still up for grabs? everybody has an opinion. but the data tells a pretty compelling story. peggy noonan writing that i refuse to see the story as over. voting begins now. after chris christie dropped out, nate kohn wrote the christie vote alone will probably not be enough, but haley has been steady gaining in the polls and historically there is a lot of precedent for urge is being candidates to keep gaining especially over a contest s final days. and new hampshire will be a wild card. independents can vote in the gop primary and according to data released yesterday, 43% of americans, look at that graph, 43% of americans consider themselves to be independent. rs and ds are tied at 27. it tie as record for an independent showing making them the largest political bloc in the c
all right. there s the results so far of today s poll question. wow. 26,000 and change. is the republican nomination already over. 52/48. 52% agreeing with my guest in saying, yeah. the voting hasn t bekbun, but it s pretty much a done deal. here is some of the social media reaction coming in during the course of the program. the 43% self labeling independent means the electorate is more sick of politics as usual than it was in 2016 when trump was nominated and later rejection. thomas, let me say this you know who is elated to see 43, which is a record high for independents as gallop has been doing this, tieing with a previous high. i got to believe the people that no labels are thrilled to see this. joe lieberman there it is. 43% i m one of them. 43% self identify as independent as compared to 27% who say, no, i m an r or i m a d.
smerconish starts right now. is it over before it begins? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. before a single primary vote has been cast, has donald trump already sewn up the gop nomination or is it still up for grabs? everybody has an opinion. but the data tells a pretty compelling story. peggy noonan writing that i refuse to see the story as over. voting begins now. after chris christie dropped out, nate kohn wrote the christie vote alone will probably not be enough, but haley has been steady gaining in the polls and historically there is a lot of precedent for urge is being candidates to keep gaining especially over a contest s final days. and new hampshire will be a wild card. independents can vote in the gop primary and according to data released yesterday, 43% of americans, look at that graph, 43% of americans consider