Who Best Appeals To Independents? [View all]

[TomCADem]

I understand that Bernie's campaign likes to make the argument that since he is an independent every other election cycle, that he will appeal to independents. However, this argument assumes that independents represent a single monolithic block. However, as this recent Gallup poll shows, it is a mistake to assume that independents vote as a block or that they are ideologically homogeneous. To the contrary, it would appear that independents to be skew more conservative than Democrats generally:





With that in mind, who among the current set of contenders would be in the best position to appeal to independents based on the Gallup results?