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pat_k

(9,313 posts)
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:54 PM Mar 2016

Can anyone find % of voters in Repub primary who self-identified as Ind or Dem?

I am also looking for what percent of those who self-identified as Independest each Republican candidate got.

I need these numbers so I can estimate the number of MI primary voters who self-identified as Independent voted for each candidate, across both Republican and Democratic candidates.

It was easy to find out that 28% of Democratic primary voters self-identified as Independents, with 70% those voting for Sanders.

What I can't find is the percent of Republican primary voters who self-identified as independent, and how their votes broke down across candidates. I've done lots of googling, but haven't been able to find this anywhere. I figured I'd take a shot at seeing if anyone else could find it.

Inquiring minds want to know.

P.S. I'd also like to estimate relative cross-over That is, the percentage of self-identified Repubs who crossed over to vote in the Democratic primary and vice versa. Once again, the required info is available on the Dem side. (I have a report that 3% of voters in Dem primary self-identified as Repub.) What I can't find is percent of voters in the Republican primary who self-identify as Dems. (And if it exists, it would be great to know the breakdown by candidate, but I can't even find out how the self-identified Republicans broke down on the Democratic side.)




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Can anyone find % of voters in Repub primary who self-identified as Ind or Dem? (Original Post) pat_k Mar 2016 OP
A kick for my own thread to put the question back out there again. pat_k Mar 2016 #1
Here's the Michigan exit poll data BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #2
Thank you! pat_k Mar 2016 #4
Thank you! pat_k Mar 2016 #3

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
2. Here's the Michigan exit poll data
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 09:00 PM
Mar 2016

You should be able to get what you want from this. The Republican data is way down below the Democratic data. I did a few calculations myself.

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

Both sides showed 97% reporting, but I'm treating the numbers as total.

Total votes: Republican primary: 1,300,278 Democratic primary: 1,191,442
Independent votes in Republican primary: 403,086
Independent votes in Democratic primary: 321,689

Independent votes by candidate across both parties:
Bernie 228,400
Trump 145,110
Kasich 108,883
Hillary 90,072
Cruz 88,679
Rubio 36,278

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