2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumJust To Cut The Crap, WV does NOT have an Open Primary
If you are registered Republican, You cannot vote in the Democratic Primary.
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)It is NOT a closed primary.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)thesquanderer
(11,993 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)otherwise, they'd vote for Hillary because she's the weakest candidate.
thesquanderer
(11,993 posts)...as he's basically running unopposed. Seems like a wasted vote, if you have any inclination to vote in the contest that is (barely) still going on. Or just stay home. Going out to vote for Trump is just a statement at this point... but I guess that's enough.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Now that he is the sole candidate, the focus for Trump supporters in the remaining states would be to raise his total votes above hers.
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)CentralCoaster
(1,163 posts)...
It was so very effective after all.
OBTW, the media caused this loss because of that double standard that is so unfair to Her.
Punkingal
(9,522 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)even when you don't have the delegates yet.
That double standard where you have this:
And your opponent has this:
But the media still ignores you is the double standard.
merrily
(45,251 posts)If you are registered in any party, you get the ballot for that party. If you are registered unaffiliated or, in MA, "unenrolled," you can get any ballot you name. Semi closed.
dana_b
(11,546 posts)so yeah... let's see if Hillary can do anything with us indys. Or will Bernie keep them headed to him?
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ecstatic
(32,733 posts)They're voting for Sanders in the primary and will go to Trump in the fall.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)The No. 1 issue is ECONOMIC HARDSHIP.
Gee... wonder why they're voting for the only candidate who's been talking about that in every speech.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)than Republicans:
90,000 to 72,000 so far.
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)doc03
(35,378 posts)but changed to Republican this morning to vote for Trump. Same as Ohio when you can change your registration on
election day.
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)Your friend is mistaken, didn't vote, or is lying.
http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/current/Pages/Dates.aspx
doc03
(35,378 posts)I have voted on the Republican ballot a couple times myself. He said the Republican line was so long he was in line
a 1/2 hour and he also had the I voted sticker on his shirt. What I read is you must register by April 19th it says that is the deadline for registration is says nothing about you can't change today. If that is not the case maybe he registered as a Republican. I heard the same
argument about voting in Ohio and know I was right. The day I voted in Ohio there were 3 people that I heard say they were Democrats that changed their registration to Republican to vote Trump. I also heard there were many people that voted Republican today that had never voted before in their life
Contrary1
(12,629 posts)Does my political party matter in the primary election?
As a voter, your political party makes a difference when you vote in the primary election because it determines which ballot you may receive. If you are registered with one of the four recognized political parties (Democratic, Libertarian, Mountain, or Republican), you may only vote that partys ballot or the non-partisan ballot. If you are registered with any other party or with no party, you may ask the poll worker for one of the recognized partys ballots, or they will give you the non-partisan ballot.
http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/current/Pages/VoterFAQs.aspx#anchor_1404242079238
Your friend may have registered as having no party preference.
doc03
(35,378 posts)back before April 19th. That was only 3 weeks ago. He is a retired coal miner he told me had always voted Democrat but voted Republican today. He said he just can't let Hillary Clinton in office because she said she would put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business. I did mention he could vote for Bernie Sanders and he said sanders is a Socialist we have had enough of that the last 8 years.
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)I just talked to a person today who said liars run in packs.
AzDar
(14,023 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)Why does everybody say NH has an open primary?
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Meaning Independents can vote in it with some restrictions.
TimPlo
(443 posts)Republicans at heart that are registered Democrat voting for Clinton
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Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Even when you try to explain Republicans would have had to have changed their party affiliation by April 19 - when they still had a race - in order to perform "Operation Chaos."
You know where you CAN perform Operation Chaos? In the Deep South. Those are truly open primaries.