If, as the polls suggest, Trump's strongest segment is Democrat voters, I wonder if they will change their registration in order to vote in a Republican presidential primary (where such is required).
In a close race, that could be a major problem for Trump.
They talk about the Democrats brining up Ted Cruz’s eligibility ?
Just wait until the Clintons expose dirt on Donald Trump.
There is always a misguided belief that democrats will turn out for the right republican and a few will but it will never be enough.
They have this fantasy of “bringing back the Reagan democrats” but the reality is that those people never returned to the democrat fold. Some 40% of Michigan private sector union members already vote republican so they aren’t new voters. In 2012 those voters primarily went to Santorum and the election ended in a tie with both candidates winning 7 districts each. (the party broke the tie in favor of Romney)
The other 60% of union members are like my cousin. He holds a few socially conservative views but is otherwise a dyed in the wool marxist who wants his Obamacare fully funded by “the 1%” who should also pay for him to retire at 50. My cousin and several of his co-workers went to the Grand Rapids Trump rally (paid of course) but will all vote for Bernie Sanders in the primary and whichever democrat wins in the general.
In Michigan we don’t have a closed primary but we don’t allow a split primary ticket. If a democrat wants to vote for Trump, they have to sacrifice every other democrat primary race and I don’t see it happening when the democrats are so desperate to regain control of the state.
I’ve read that no other states are seeing a rush of new registrations or party switches.