Voters across the spectrum describe the 2016 presidential contest as "crazy," according to a new
McClatchy-Marist poll.
The word was the most popular word used to describe the campaign, with 40 percent of respondents choosing it.
Broken down by how they vote:
- Independents: 45 percent
- Democrats: 40 percent
- Republicans: 32 percent
"It's numerically across the board," Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, told McClatchy. "This campaign started early, has divergent personalities, people from different backgrounds — from Donald Trump to Bernie Sanders and everything in between — and it's a huge roster of candidates running for an open seat."
Other words used in the survey include:
- Mean-spirited: 14 percent
- Passionate: 13 percent
- Traditional: 13 percent
- Informative: 9 percent
- Principled: 9 percent
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