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kjones

(1,053 posts)
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:17 AM Mar 2016

Relax, it was an open primary...

Last edited Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:50 AM - Edit history (2)

Check this out...

No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:
Democrat 69%
Clinton 57%
Sanders 41%
Uncommitted 2%

Republican 3%
Clinton 0%
Sanders 0%
Uncommitted 0%

Independent or something else 28%
Sanders 70%
Clinton 28%
Uncommitted


I'd be pretty interested to see how those Republicans voted too...




Edit for source:
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/primaries/MI

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Relax, it was an open primary... (Original Post) kjones Mar 2016 OP
Thank you for this Tommy2Tone Mar 2016 #1
So of the remaining primaries Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #2
Florida is closed for sure radical noodle Mar 2016 #4
Yes... she is farther ahead of him in delegates than she was before tonight radical noodle Mar 2016 #3
Next week MSMITH33156 Mar 2016 #5
Thanks. PM Martin Mar 2016 #6
I sent a message via the DNC website... wysi Mar 2016 #7
That's a state issue Stuckinthebush Mar 2016 #8
It baffles me that States can decide how to conduct Federal elections. I'm perplexed BlueCaliDem Mar 2016 #9
Agreed! pandr32 Mar 2016 #10
There seems to be a growing trend to be "Indie" pandr32 Mar 2016 #11

Tommy2Tone

(1,307 posts)
1. Thank you for this
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:21 AM
Mar 2016

Hillary wins with Democrats and Bernie wins with everyone else that vote in open Democratic primaries.

radical noodle

(7,997 posts)
3. Yes... she is farther ahead of him in delegates than she was before tonight
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:34 AM
Mar 2016

Remember all those states that Obama lost in 2008? He still won the nomination. And whether Bernie supporters like them or not, the super delegates DO count.

MSMITH33156

(879 posts)
5. Next week
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:03 AM
Mar 2016

Florida is closed.
North Carolina is semi-closed (means no Republicans, but Independents).
Ohio is semi-open (means you have to declare which party, versus open, which means you just pick which race to vote for).
Illinois and Missouri are open.

wysi

(1,512 posts)
7. I sent a message via the DNC website...
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:57 AM
Mar 2016

... stating that we should have only CLOSED primaries. No independents, especially not as candidates.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
9. It baffles me that States can decide how to conduct Federal elections. I'm perplexed
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:49 PM
Mar 2016

by this phenomenon. States shouldn't have jurisdiction over Federal elections. The Federal gov't should. I know it's a huge task for the Feds to oversee elections in 50 States, but still...

pandr32

(11,562 posts)
11. There seems to be a growing trend to be "Indie"
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:03 PM
Mar 2016

and seen as not part of the "establishment" parties. This is a group that tends to favor both Sanders and Trump, though both candidates are more establishment than they let on.
An example: Trump breaks his own arm patting himself on the back for not letting "special interests" fund his campaign--he "funds" himself...or so he says. First of all, he is 100% special interests--his own! Trump International! He is a brand! He is a business of the worst kind. Secondly, he may claim he is funding himself but he is relying on his celebrity to garner all the free publicity he can. The media may as well call itself "Trump 24/7."

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