Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumRepublicans voting in S. Carolina? Maybe 5%
I was going to ask this as an open question but then I found this.
Despite Trumps urging, an exit poll from the Washington Post showed just 5 percent of registered Republicans actually voted in the primary, a number too small for pollsters to give details on which Democratic candidate received the most votes from that group. Registered Democrats made up 70 percent of everyone who voted in the primary, while independent voters accounted for 26 percent, according to that poll.
Both South Carolina Democrats and independents voted for former Vice President Joe Biden over Sanders; 54 percent of registered Democrats voted for Biden compared to 18 percent who voted for Sanders, and 35 percent of independents voted for Biden, compared to 23 percent who voted for Sanders.
But that support apparently has limits. If Trumps theory was that he could get his supporters to juice Sanderss South Carolina numbers enough to change the outcome of the Democratic primary, he was wrong. Bidens South Carolina victory was decisive, especially among black voters, who made up over half of the voters on Saturday. Overall, the former vice president received nearly 50 percent of the vote.
So while Trump remains an overwhelmingly popular and influential figure in South Carolina politics, the Democratic primary also served as a reminder that there are limits to what Trump can convince his Republican supporters to do.
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/1/21159956/trump-south-carolina-republicans-vote-democratic-primary
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)Not a rhetorical question...I am curious.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
jimfields33
(15,786 posts)Some republicans thought this would convince whoever to have closed primaries. Obviously it didnt work.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
underpants
(182,778 posts)That's how Cantor lost to Brat in 2014. There was no Dem primary because they didn't see the need to spend money against Cantor. However in an open primary many Dems like myself took full advantage of another chance to vote against Cantor. Brat's margin exactly equaled if 5% of the people in the 7th who voted for Obama (140,000) voted against Cantor.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
bucolic_frolic
(43,137 posts)It's useful to local elections where a few hundred temporary flippers can squeeze a candidate off the ballot. It helps suppress fringe candidates in both parties in that respect.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Amishman
(5,555 posts)You need to actually change your registration well ahead of the election
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bucolic_frolic
(43,137 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Towlie
(5,324 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)...vote for the Dem who he would most like to vote for in November as someone who is at least a better choice than Trump would be.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)The amount of Republicans that would have to come out to make an actual difference has to be pretty large, and there just aren't enough Republicans that care that much to come out and vote in a Democratic primary.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)trump says happens. But throw in the possibility of jail time if you are caught. How many would risk that?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bucolic_frolic
(43,137 posts)Maybe Bernie got 1% extra from Republicans, but maybe .3% too.
Trump DEMONIZES Democrats every day, how does he expect his followers to go out and cast even a primary ballot for any one of them? These are voters who bifurcate everything into Jesus vs the Devil, and they view Democrats as the Devil.
"Go vote for one of the Devils" puts Trump in cahoots with Satan.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brutus smith
(685 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
sweetloukillbot
(11,009 posts)while It probably didn't make a difference statewide It probably helped get viable in the districts and squeeze a few more delegates.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)19.9% becomes 14.9% if those 5% were not able to cross over and vote. 14.9% is below the viability threshold.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Even 1% could cause a poorly performing candidate to get delegates they may not have deserve. Open primaries and cross-over voting and same-day party-switching need to be eliminated (and caucuses need to go to.)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
yaesu
(8,020 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
But 5% was just enough for him to hit the 15% threshold... if it happened of course. Imagine that.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)In our primary, what's to say they wouldn't lie on an exit poll?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Lucky Luciano
(11,253 posts)Last edited Mon Mar 2, 2020, 06:30 PM - Edit history (1)
...without going through the hassle of changing parties.
I, for one want to remain steadfastly independent, but I always vote for Democrats. I have too many compliance hoops to jump through to ever donate and I dont want to be on anybodys list.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
RandiFan1290
(6,229 posts)For a convenient excuse
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Farmer-Rick
(10,160 posts)Though in TN, we once had crossover voters so high that they elected a former KKK dipshit as a nominee for a district. It works where there is heavy gerrymandering and there is tons of voter suppression and intimidation.
It doesn't have much of an impact without other types of voting system corruption.
And now in East TN we even have paper ballot back ups.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Cary
(11,746 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
honest.abe
(8,678 posts)Sounds like "operation chaos" is going to be "operation fail".
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden