How can Sarah Palin be beating so many of the “serious” candidates?
She’s not.
She’s beating Krispy Kreme (sitting big state governor), Fiorina, Huckleberry (runner up in 2008), Sweater Vest (runner up in 2012), Rick Perry (was a big state governor a month ago) and the Donald.
For the primary of every state, as you are registered, that parties ballot in the ONLY one you will be allowed to vote in. Independents cannot vote for either Republican nor Democrat candidates.
You can only vote in the primary in the party you were registered in when you voted in the last election. You switch parties just before the primary just to poison the other parties candidate choice not going to happen.
A primary in an internal political process and should not be open to outside contamination.