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Related: About this forum16% of IN voters choosing at last minute? I am now officially for closed primaries, LOL.
CNN has Clinton at 85% chance of winning.
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16% of IN voters choosing at last minute? I am now officially for closed primaries, LOL. (Original Post)
bettyellen
May 2016
OP
I don't want the primaries THAT open. Hillary at 90% chance of winning- holding firm w. 20% more
bettyellen
May 2016
#2
Yeah- I think that is why CNN has her at 90% chance to win with only 7% reporting...
bettyellen
May 2016
#5
Gomez163
(2,039 posts)1. Bong hits and frappachinos come first
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)2. I don't want the primaries THAT open. Hillary at 90% chance of winning- holding firm w. 20% more
votes than SBS so far.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)3. I prefer diet Mountain Dew.
factfinder_77
(841 posts)4. The incredible thing:
Clinton has her current lead with NONE of Lake or Marion County reporting.
https://twitter.com/benchmarkpol/status/727632905271447552
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)5. Yeah- I think that is why CNN has her at 90% chance to win with only 7% reporting...
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)6. Go Hill!!!!
I wonder if Bernie will say he did not campaign there!? Lol
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)7. I'm for open primaries, and it shouldn't matter when folks decide
It's their vote, their choice.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)8. For primaries, I have to disagree- if it means Republicans could vote....
they have a nasty habit of trying to play games, and act the spoilers. Who needs that shit? If it were Dems and Indies, I could see it being open.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)10. Exactly. Also, some on the far left are as implacable
enemies of Democrats as any Republican. I don't want either group voting in Democratic primaries, and closed primaries are a way of protecting Democrats from outside enemies who try to skew elections away from whoever their choice would be.
msongs
(67,405 posts)9. we have an open primary - the GENERAL ELECTION nt
oasis
(49,381 posts)11. +1,000,000,000