Donald Trump changed his college enrollment this week from independent to unaffiliated . In a column published in Forbes , John Avlon explores Trump 's status as an independent candidate . Avlon : In contrast , Perot 's independent campaign won 19 % of the popular vote in 1992 -- coming in second in terms of all-time independent presidential candidacies to Theodore Roosevelt 's Progressive Party presidential campaign in 1912 . Trump 's use of birther rhetoric would doom his appeal to most independent voters .
Donald Trump changed his college enrollment this week from independent to unaffiliated . In a column published in Forbes , John Avlon explores Trump 's status as an independent candidate . Avlon : Trump 's use of birther rhetoric would doom his appeal to most independent voters .