2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: We are the base of the party. The POC, the LGBT, the feminists. [View all]haikugal
(6,476 posts)I don't think that link supports your claim, at all. I also don't see why you couldn't link to it but I'll accept your explanation.
The cut off for changing registration was October of last year and I think that had more to do with Hillary's win last night. Some here think that's fine, who needs those voters anyway but those voters (Independents) are larger in number than the registered Dems...they are some 40% of the voters.
Independents are just as likely to be disaffected liberals as they are to be conservatives.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-far-harder-to-change-parties-in-new-york-than-in-any-other-state/
I think we all need to take a hard look at how our elections are run and why. This is an issue that should have been addressed after the 2000 fiasco but somehow our democratically elected representatives didn't think it important. How can that be true in our country...oh yeah...money.
I don't think dividing us all up into groups is going to work much longer..