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Amid Donald Trump surge, nearly 20,000 Mass. voters quit Democratic party
Boston Herald ^
| February 29, 2016
| Matt Stout
Posted on 02/29/2016 5:32:10 PM PST by VitacoreVision
Nearly 20,000 Bay State Democrats have fled the party this winter, with thousands doing so to join the Republican ranks, according to the state's top elections official.
Secretary of State William Galvin said more than 16,300 Democrats have shed their party affiliation and become independent voters since Jan. 1, while nearly 3,500 more shifted to the MassGOP ahead of tomorrow's "Super Tuesday" presidential primary.
Galvin called both "significant" changes that dwarf similar shifts ahead of other primary votes, including in 2000, when some Democrats flocked from the party in order to cast a vote for Sen. John McCain in the GOP primary.
The primary reason? Galvin said his "guess" is simple: "The Trump phenomenon," a reference to GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, who polls show enjoying a massive lead over rivals Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and others among Massachusetts Republican voters.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: demsfortrump; donaldtrump; ma2016
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To: Luircin
However, if someone despises Trump and his supporters to the point where they claim to be voting for Rubio or Hillary, then Im going to assume that theres no point of building any kind of proverbial bridges, at least as long as that rancor is happening.I kind of suspect some of the people that have said that may be listening to their own frustrations, too.
I've been here many years, and have let myself get caught up in a race to the bottom a few times.
Nothing good ever comes of it.
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posted on
03/01/2016 1:02:08 PM PST
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: Luircin
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posted on
03/01/2016 1:04:08 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: stephenjohnbanker
Yep. But they’re all RAT olants according to the Cruzbots.
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posted on
03/01/2016 4:20:46 PM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj; LS; Impy; randita; Sun; NFHale; ExTexasRedhead; GeronL; Viennacon; ...
This election is reminding me of 1980, with Trump as the 21st century Reagan. The GOP Establishment in 1980 didn’t like Reagan and thought he’d lead them to certain defeat, but fell in line when the people supported him. The parallels make me hopeful.
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posted on
03/01/2016 4:30:42 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(The barbarians are inside because there are no gaits)
To: Clintonfatigued; BillyBoy
Parallels with Reagan? This guy?
I suppose if you want to see something, you see it. Like water in the desert.
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posted on
03/01/2016 5:05:12 PM PST
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: Jamestown1630
Thanks much for your reply.
>>>he seems to be pretty good about getting things done.
If he gets his trade policy done, the economy is in for a brutal time, so I’m hoping you’re wrong on that one.
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posted on
03/01/2016 6:58:27 PM PST
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: D-fendr
To: Clintonfatigued; GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj; LS; Impy; randita; Sun; NFHale; ExTexasRedhead; ...
Indeed. Just remember McConnell and Ryan are today running around calling Trump a racist, and speaking of him and the KKK.
And their lil butt buddy Rubio was reduced to a rabid, drooling psycho last night : )
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posted on
03/02/2016 7:16:51 AM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
Guarantee that when these Vichy Republicans understand that Trump will call them out and steamroll them too, they’ll fall in line.
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posted on
03/02/2016 7:21:51 AM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA
If they don’t I believe Trump will expose and ruin them
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posted on
03/02/2016 8:17:41 AM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
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posted on
03/02/2016 8:35:14 AM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA
The TRAITORS are living in Da Nile : )
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posted on
03/02/2016 8:39:26 AM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
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posted on
03/02/2016 8:44:18 AM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: stephenjohnbanker
It’ll be remembered, never fear.
By a lot of us.
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posted on
03/02/2016 1:52:32 PM PST
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: NFHale
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posted on
03/02/2016 2:10:21 PM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: muir_redwoods
I suspect there are more who are as disgusted with the Democrat Party as I am with the Republican Party.
I don't consider myself a Republican in the Party of McConnell and Ryan.
And I'll never vote for Rubio.
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posted on
03/02/2016 2:24:09 PM PST
by
lonestar
(It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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