In 2004 when FLA was very important to the dems there were about 700K people voting in the demo primaries..
9,391,597 total registered voters — 42% Dem., 39% Rep other, 19% none
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This year
about 1.6 Million people voted in the democratic primary
10,208,431 total registered voters — 41% Democratic, 37% Republican
3% Other
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Can I see a source for you’re statement that hundreds of thousands of dems jumped parties to vote?