Independents in MA will have to choose between Kasich or Bernie (update)

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MA is an open primary which means indies can vote--and while HRC carries the Democratic vote--Bernie tends to take the independent vote, but in MA many indies may decide to cast their ballots for John Kasich in the GOP primary:

"A large group of independents will have to decide whether to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary or John Kasich in the Republican primary on Tuesday," said David Paleologos, director of the Political Research Center at Suffolk University, which is in Boston. "That decision will have a direct impact on both races."

Massachusetts holds an "open primary" that allows independents to vote in either party's contest.

Indeed, Kasich, the Republican governor of Ohio, is relatively popular even among likely Democratic primary voters in Massachusetts. Republican front-runner Donald Trump has a dismal favorable-unfavorable rating of 14%-77%, and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz of 9%-76%. But Kasich has a net positive rating, 42%-27%.

Regardless of whom they support, most of those surveyed predict Clinton will be the next president: 51% chose her compared to just 12% for Sanders — and 16% for Trump.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/02/28/clinton-leads-sanders-massachusetts/81078554/