Far more votes were cast in the MO Republican primary than in the Demo primary too. Doesn’t always mean anything but it still is a good sign. Same thing with the Mich. governor primary too.
Democrat Ike Skelton has been elected to 16 consecutive terms since 1976 to the office of US Representative 4th District of Missouri.
Yesterday 80,000 votes were cast in the republican primary in the 4th district of Missouri. Only 32,000 votes were cast in the democrat primary in Skeltons district (Ike got about 26,000).
The 2 leading republicans (Vicky Hartzler 36,000 votes and Bill Stouffer 26,500 votes) received more votes than Ike did in "his district".
16 consecutive terms and Ike only gets 1/3 the votes of the total cast in the republican primary! Democrats voting in the republican primary?
Some republican "experts" feel Hartzler is a far weaker candidate that Bill Stouffer when going head to head with Skelton. Hartzler won because of crossover votes ?
Will the same 3 to 1 ratio of votes be the same in November? Only time will tell.