Could someone explain to me how fake Wisconsin Democrats

[nevergiveup]

could get 35% or more of the vote in a Democratic Primary? I understand that this is an open primary but these numbers still seem a little high. Did these fake Democrats (Repubs) actually run active campaigns?

[mucifer]

1. They have open primaries so republicans can cross over and vote dem.

[RBInMaine]

2. They are open primaries, so Pukes and conservative I's could vote.

[iwishiwas]

3. Repugs showed up at the pools. bad sign for next month. Look at

what happened at the Supreme court in april.


NOTHING is going to be easy Aug 9.

[pscot]

4. Republican crossovers

While Huber won't talk about why she's running as a Democrat, there is no doubt that she has longtime roots as an active member of the Republican party in Ozaukee County.

Huber, born in April 1931, is one of 10 people elected to serve as a leader in the Ozaukee County Republican Party. For a number of years, she has served as a member-at-large.

Huber has a yard sign supporting Darling in front of her home. She also donated $100 to Darling on March 28, according to the GAB. Between 2002 and 2010 Huber gave almost $2,000 to Republican candidates or the state party, records show.

Huber is a longtime poll worker in Ozaukee County, most recently serving as the Republican observer in the Supreme Court recount. In 1996, she was the membership chairwoman for the county GOP "

http://whitefishbay.patch.com/...

The fake primaries have pushed the actual recalls back to August 9th. In the meantime, the Repukes are going to push through a redistricting map that will probably undo the recalls. Wisconsin doesn't have elections anymore. This is a coup.

[elocs]

5. Crossovers only impact primaries to a limited degree. It won't matter next month.

They really did us a favor as our own candidates had an opportunity to work the get out the vote and keep the troops fired up until next month.

The fake Democrat here in La Crosse ran no campaign at all but he still got 30% of the vote.

[eyesroll]

6. It was an open Democratic primary with no Republican primary

So, the Republicans either came and voted for the fake Dem, or stayed home. In some districts, quite a few came and voted for the fake Dem. Most of the fake candidates did not run active campaigns--they were there to delay things (to allow more time for more lousy agenda items to get pushed through) rather than actually try to win.