In an ironic twist

[MSMITH33156]

the closed primary in Kentucky actually hurt Hillary (although she won anyway). There are several states that used to be Democratic strongholds, but are now red. In those states, you still have a higher percentage of registered Dems that just vote Republican. Kentucky is one of those.

https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/732739458374766592

TN/KY border really highlights how much closed primaries hurt Clinton in places where reg. Dems often vote GOP



Basically, Hillary won counties in Tennessee heavily, where independents were allowed to vote, that were adjacent to counties in Kentucky that she lost, where only Dems were allowed to vote.

[stonecutter357]

1. Democratic party Members only.......thanks.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Nah, if it were open Trump, the GOP and their boy Roger Stone

would have been campaigning to get repubs to vote for Bernie.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

4. Yep! It should with those "Uncommitted Voters" in Kentucky. They are really Trump supporters.

And those same Reagan Democrats will likely vote for Trump on the top ticket, then vote Democrats on the down-ticket.

[leftofcool]

3. Democrats deciding who should be the nominee. Imagine that!