This year about 1 2 million of the ballots cast came from those not affiliated with any of the two major parties This translates into 19 2 percent of the early vote It s unclear who these voters selected but many polls have suggested that they tend to gravitate towards Donald Trump In a recent CBS News poll independent voters favored Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton 47 percent to 34 percent and another Remington Research survey showed Trump winning among unaffiliated voters 49 percent to 36 percent 