Why did Hillary lose Michigan?

[BlueMTexpat]

54. Indies seem to be a mix of

lefties and righties. In tracking past elections, most concur that they've more often voted for Rep candidates. When there has been a third candidate (e.g., Wallace, Perot, Nader), they've usually gone for that option.

I don't know whether there is any credible measure to determine their leanings. All we have to go by are their own statements or voting patterns, and those can literally shift from one day/week/month to the next.

It's their very nature not to be tied to a party and when they do choose a candidate, they passionately STAY with that candidate unless or until that candidate says/does something that they regard as a betrayal. Then all bets are off. That is why it is very difficult to count on their allegiance for much more than a campaign season, if that. For a LT "movement," it's like building a house on sand.

It is my strong belief that at least some indies DID cross-over specifically to chuck a spanner in the Clinton operation. I doubt whether they were in the majority, however.