Why should independent voters, who have often backed Mr McCain in the past, turn to the less proven man?[font=Arial]

所以过去一直力挺麦凯恩的中间派选民凭什么要转而支持那些没有什么功绩的新人呢？

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In an election that many pollsters describe as an unpopularity contest, it does not take much to swing the mood of independent voters.

民意调查专家将这场选举称为不得人心的竞选，因此骑墙派选民很容易动摇。

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A new national poll by the Pew Center for the People and the Press found that independent voters who are likely to vote in the mid-term election favor Republicans.

大众与传媒皮尤中心所作的一个全国民调显示，在中期选举中可能投票的中间选民倾向于投共和党的票。

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Independent voters helped elect President Obama but have since turned away from the Democrats.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

The combination of energized Republicans and Tea Party activists, plus disappointed independent voters spells big political trouble for Democrats trying to hold control of Congress in the November elections.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Support was extremely low among Republicans and independent voters.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

More Americans consider themselves conservative than liberal (left-wing), while independent voters lean to the middle.

ECONOMIST: Can John Kerry make himself look more moderate?

The independent voters who swing elections want the two parties to cooperate and find solutions.

FORBES: Election Unlikely to Change Policy or Politics

Obama and McCain will suck up the Independent voters that Bloomberg had hoped to fetch.

FORBES: Discounting President Obama