by Talk Business & Politics staff (staff2@talkbusiness.net)
Dr. Jay Barth and Robert Coon offer bipartisan analysis on every Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College Poll that comes out. In our final installment of analysis, Barth and Coon look at different groups of voters from an “Independent” political affiliation and on the issue of abortion.
In the latest survey of 835 likely Arkansas voters, the poll found that roughly 30% of voters identify as Independent versus 38% who say they vote Republican and 25% who vote Democrat.
Some common traits of Independent voters in 2022 include:
They tend to be younger, lean slightly more college-educated, and are represented more by males than females.
Independent voters find unfavorable both Donald Trump (55%) and President Joe Biden (60%).
At the state level, a plurality of Independents currently say they plan to vote for U.S. Senator John Boozman (36%) and Lt. Governor Tim Griffin (44%), but narrowly (+2%) support Chris Jones in the Governor’s race.
In key races, Independents are more likely to still be undecided in their candidate choices.
