[Intrepid]

Amid Trump surge, nearly 20,000 Mass. voters quit Democratic party

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.

“The tenor of the Republican campaign has been completely different from what we’ve seen in prior Republican presidential campaigns,” Galvin said. “You have to look no farther than the viewership for some of the televised debates.

“The New York Times referred to the campaign as crude; I suppose that’s fair,” added Galvin, a Democrat. “The fact of the matter is the tenor has been very different this time. And that has an effect. People are interested. It’s exciting.”

Galvin said the state could see as many as 700,000 voting in tomorrow’s Republican primary, a significant number given just 468,000 people are actually registered Republicans. In Massachusetts. unenrolled — otherwise known as independent — voters can cast a ballot in the primary of any party.

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http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_pol ... tic_party

[johnforbes]

In the days before radio and TV, political campaigns were apparently far more vicious than what we see these days.

But the RNC and the DNC and the liberal media are throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Trump.

His father was in the KKK, one article claimed, and he had small hands, and his skin was orange, and he used his father's good credit to get his start in the building business, and he may only be worth 6 billion rather than 10 billion.

In the TV era, nobody has ever had such attacks launched against him.

Now, in looking at my own net worth this morning, I'm not worth even 1 billion. So I'm still impressed that Trump got a 1 million dollar loan and turned it into billions in the toughest business area on earth (NY City).

[sillydaddy]

Back in 2008 Republicans crossed over and voted in Dem primaries to help Obama get the Demo nomination....

The thinking was that Obama would be easy to beat in the general election.....they were wrong.


Now it's possible the Demos may be using the same tactic.......Polls say Hillary could beat Trump

but would have trouble beating Rubio or Cruz...

[johnforbes]

Too early for those polls to mean anything.

You know, they are hypothetical at this point.

And, as Trump noted, he hadn't even started with Hillary, who is a much worse candidate than Bill, or even race-baiting Barry, was.

Look at the support for crazy Bernie Sanders, and you can discern that kids today don't eagerly look to support a pantsuited grandmother like Hillary.

[sillydaddy]

But .....then again. It appears Hillary doesn't believe the polls....

That's why she is already attacking Trump and has all but forgotten, she still has to "beat" Bernie.

[RealJustme]

The voters don't determine the winner, those who count the votes do.

The Clinton Foundation has invested heavily for years in the operations that count the votes including hand picking the staffing. You can bet paid Clinton supporters have been in place to manipulate the numbers for years just for the next election.

[Clownkicker]

^^^^This is the clown that not too long ago was all upset about non-existent "voter fraud" and scoffed when someone told him those doing the counting were the actual problem--Republicans who own the voting machine companies like Diebold and ES&S.

But unfortunately "The Clinton Foundation has invested heavily for years in the operations that count the votes including hand picking the staffing." is just more made up stupid shit.


Still, it's nice to see RealTool has come around to the liberal way of thinking.

[johnforbes]

Imagine if Bush Jr's wife were Sec of State and Bush Jr were getting millions in speech money from nations negotiating with the Sec of State.

The Cliinton Foundation is one of the largest pay-to-play scandals in history.

It makes Teapot Dome seem tiny and mild.

[sillydaddy]

Hillary is now saying there's nothing wrong with America......hinting

that it will be business as usual if she's elected President.

I have a feeling this time...she's may alreafy be planning not to bring the furniture back :lol: :lol: