You know....
Something else just occurred to me. There have always been “shifts” in thinking over the decades, and there have also been “shifts of voters”, people changing parties and so forth.
I’m wondering if an awful LOT of Democrats didn’t change parties in their states to cause consternation and confusion in the Primaries.
I mean, “Why NOT?” Because I don’t think there is any law in any state that forces you to vote only Party lines in the General.
The Democrats figured to run Hillary since she ran for the Senate, as a Presidential candidate. What IF through word of mouth (which works in advertising, right?) Democrats convinced each other to change parties for the primaries mostly and let those that didn’t play along “vote in Hillary” - while in the mean time making a disgusting mess out of the Republican tickets?
I mean, if I were a democrat, and thought of this, I’d sure change sides long enough for the primaries to force the least likely Conservative on the Conservatives.
Conspiracy theory, and you all know how much I hate them, but most such conspiracies come from the Liberals. Why not actually participate in a REAL conspiracy to get your person elected?
It’s legal, and alls fair, right????????????
I think you may be giving the democrat voter credit for way too much intelligence. More like, it’s all just another manifestation of the degeneration of the society. The ability to think rationally, based on facts, is sorely out of fashion.
No need for a conspiracy to cause havoc in the GOP. Republicans are notoriously rabid, independent thinkers. We hate Government bureaucrats running our lives, Presidents who make us the laughingstock of the world, taxes, handouts and excuses.
We are quite capable of intercenine conflict - plus we love repairing & rebuilding.