Posted on 11/08/2015 7:08:10 AM PST by cotton1706
Mark Levin isn’t talking about it. Sean Hannity isn’t talking about it. Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham are not talking about it, yet it remains one of the biggest structural benefits to Team Jeb Bush in the 2016 primary presidential race:
Frustrated Conservatives Leaving The Republican Party
Reince-Priebustrump vs bush
Independent political registration is the fastest growing base of electoral voters, and that plays nicely into the hands of the GOPe who are working diligently to avoid accountability for their progressive agenda.
Multiple states have what’s called “closed primary†races. Meaning only those voters registered with a party, who has a candidate on the ballot, are allowed to vote in the Presidential Primary Election, or PPE. Those state voters only get to vote for the candidate registered with the same party of their affiliation.
Even more states have “Modified primary†races. Meaning voters registered independent are allowed to vote on either party ballot they select at the polling station (along with those who are registered within the party on primary ballot).
(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...
I left the Republican party last March. I can still vote in the Republican primary in my state, though.
It’s going both ways. The Democrats know how to play this game.
article is bunk. Closed primaries are good for conservatism. The author has very faulty logic.
There good if the conservative stay in the party they’re not good if the conservative leaves party
The point is the establish it is trying to piss you off enough to change your registration and leave the party and shut yourself out of the primary.
you know how they make candy cigarettes ?
they should make candy nails...
Biting his fingernails, I presume.
That’s what I thought. Letting democrats vote on who will be the republican nominee makes no sense. Open primaries are as dopey as requiring no ID to vote.
We have met the enemy, and he ... laughed his ass off.
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