Poll Shows 25% of Voters Would Prefer to Vote for an Independent or Minor Party Candidate for Congress This Year

By Richard Winger | Ballot Access News | June 24, 2010 (Original Context)
This Hart/McInturff poll conducted for NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, and released on June 24, asked voters “If the choices in your district had the following, would you be more likely to vote for a Republican, a Democrat, or an Independent/Third Party Candidate for Congress?”
The results: Republican 31%, Democratic 34%, independent/third party 25%, not sure 10%. Scroll down to question 12 for these results.
The poll also learned that 46% of voters are comfortable with the idea of voting for minor party or independent candidates. Thanks to Firedoglake for the link. Here is Firedoglake’s commentary about the poll, which was conducted June 17-21.

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