Bannon was right on this...

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23. Wow.

Really???

FYI: In 2015, the year before the election, 42% of the voting public identified as independent, compared to 26% Republican and 29% Democratic.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/188096/democratic-republican-identification-near-historical-lows.aspx

This month, gallup has that at 41%, 28%, 28%.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx

Those numbers are a clear indication that either major party has to earn more support from outside the party than the other to win an election. So "who" are the "many?" The 42%. And yes, there are plenty of progressives in that number; 42% of the nation is not further to the right than the Republican Party.

And yes...voter suppression, the media, Comey and the Russians were certainly factors. They aren't factors that outweigh that 42%. And while I am absolutely behind defeating efforts to suppress the vote, I include voter suppression in primaries as well as general elections in that effort.