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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJack Danforth wants to find an independent candidate to run for U.S. Senate in Missouri
Missouri IndependentFormer Sen. Jack Danforth is looking for a centrist Republican to run an independent race for the U.S. Senate this year in Missouri and said Friday there would be a lot of resources to help the campaign.
Danforth, who left the Senate in 1994 after three terms, enlisted a polling firm, Miami-based Bendixen & Amandi International, and an emerging political group, the Serve America Movement, to gauge whether Missouri is ready for an alternative in November.
The results, based on a survey of 800 voters in the first week of February, is that they are. A generic Republican nominee aligned with former President Donald Trump was chosen by 31 percent, as was a generic Democratic nominee aligned with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. A Republican-leaning independent was selected by 28 percent of those polled.
When the poll used the names of the current leading candidates for both major parties, the Republican nominee got 27%, the Democratic nominee 25%, and the independent 26%, a news release stated without giving the names of the candidates polled.
Danforth, who left the Senate in 1994 after three terms, enlisted a polling firm, Miami-based Bendixen & Amandi International, and an emerging political group, the Serve America Movement, to gauge whether Missouri is ready for an alternative in November.
The results, based on a survey of 800 voters in the first week of February, is that they are. A generic Republican nominee aligned with former President Donald Trump was chosen by 31 percent, as was a generic Democratic nominee aligned with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. A Republican-leaning independent was selected by 28 percent of those polled.
When the poll used the names of the current leading candidates for both major parties, the Republican nominee got 27%, the Democratic nominee 25%, and the independent 26%, a news release stated without giving the names of the candidates polled.
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Jack Danforth wants to find an independent candidate to run for U.S. Senate in Missouri (Original Post)
brooklynite
Feb 2022
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He is out of touch with his party. Repub voters will never vote for an independent.
LonePirate
Feb 2022
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Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)1. Centrist Republican? What's that?
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,785 posts)2. A soon-to-be extinct species.
PCIntern
(25,544 posts)3. From the man who gave us Clarence Thomas...
DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)6. Thanks. That was my first thought. nt
Rebl2
(13,501 posts)4. Centrist?
They dont exist. Hawley fooled Danforth into backing him, so I say he can be fooled again. Please Danforth, dont bother.
LonePirate
(13,420 posts)5. He is out of touch with his party. Repub voters will never vote for an independent.
DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)7. Well...he is 85 years old. nt
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)8. Yeah, no thanks.
I think he gave us Hee Hawley.
Your opinion not needed, jack.