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38,020 Republicans switched to Democrat. I'm pretty sure this is more related to the primaries than the election since you can vote for anyone on Election Day. What do you think it means besides more Republicans changing? The switching numbers come from the State of Pennsylvania. Are these Trump and Sanders voters?
Also, the Republican Party in PA says they got 240,000 new voters.
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"The state Republican party says that the surge in Republican registrations is nearly twice the number of newly registered Republicans compared to both the 2008 and 2012 numbers combined."
Not sure how widespread it is, but a number of people switched from Republican to Democrat during the primary.
I was behind two on election day. They kept asking if they could still have Republican ballot in November. The woman patiently explained several times that everyone got the same ballot in the general election, it was only during the primary that you got the ballot with only your party's slate of candidates.
Right before they went into the booth, one of them said she hoped the woman was right because she didn't want to vote for a Democrat in the "real election."
They may have been voting for Clinton, but I doubt it.
38,020 Republicans switched to Democrat. I'm pretty sure this is more related to the primaries than the election since you can vote for anyone on Election Day. What do you think it means besides more Republicans changing? The switching numbers come from the State of Pennsylvania. Are these Trump and Sanders voters?
Also, the Republican Party in PA says they got 240,000 new voters.
Excellent news indeed! I bet that Donald John Trump's percentage chance of winning the Keystone state has risen from 10.8 percent to 11.01 percent (per 538)!
Say, you never did return to that other thread where I asked you a question about the need of Hillary Rodham Clinton's necessity to keep fundraising. I believe the question was:
If you believe that Mr. Trump will surely win the election, wouldn't it make sense for Ms. Clinton to continue to fundraise to purchase ads in swing states?
Or do you think that Ms. Clinton has a 'lock' on the election, which would indicate that further fund-raising is unnecessary?
I imagine that you simply forgot to go back to your earlier thread.
I thought about registering as a democrat so I could vote in the primaries, but I just could stand the thought of being a registered democrat, so I selected none on the party affiliation.
I don't care what the polls say in PA, I going out, and voting for Trump on election day.
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Originally Posted by sware2cod
Trump attacked the Republican Party which means more Republicans won't vote for Trump. What was he thinking? He's a madman.
Maybe you haven't noticed, but not being endorsed by the establishment hacks is a good thing in this election cycle.
Hillary on the other hand, being endorsed by the Bush family, ouch.
1. Democrats still lead Republicans in registrations by 913,000 (i.e., 23% more) as of 10/11/2016.
2. The approximately 60,000 net change in party registration from Democrats to GOP pales in comparison to the margin of victory for the Democrats in 2012 in PA (310,000 votes). Less than 1/5 of the margin.
1. Democrats still lead Republicans in registrations by 913,000 (i.e., 23% more) as of 10/11/2016.
2. The approximately 60,000 net change in party registration from Democrats to GOP pales in comparison to the margin of victory for the Democrats in 2012 in PA (310,000 votes). Less than 1/5 of the margin.
While I am sure some are people who feel they have more in line with a party and switch; some people switch parties to vote in primaries. So it's hard to really say what the numbers mean.
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