2016 Postmortem

DCBob

(24,689 posts) Sat May 14, 2016, 08:37 PM May 2016

HuffPost/Pollster party affiliation chart: Dems: 36% Indies: 31% Repubs: 28%

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/party-identification/edit#!maxdate=2016-05-14

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This is nice trend in the right direction!

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HuffPost/Pollster party affiliation chart: Dems: 36% Indies: 31% Repubs: 28% (Original Post) DCBob May 2016 OP

Not so fast pmorlan1 May 2016 #1

We certainly do not want to run any new Dems out of the party. That would be stupid. DCBob May 2016 #3

You evidently pmorlan1 May 2016 #4

If you are referring to the issue of Independents voting in Dem primaries.. DCBob May 2016 #5

We're number 1! nt BootinUp May 2016 #2

Nice! More people should see this... n/t VOX May 2016 #6

So we're agreed no one wins without the support of independents, right? Vote2016 May 2016 #7

pmorlan1

(2,096 posts)

1. Not so fast

Reply to DCBob (Original post)

Sat May 14, 2016, 08:46 PM

May 2016

A lot of the new Democrats in 2015 and 2016 are Independents who switched over to our Party to vote for Bernie. You know the ones you guys have been trying to run off.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)

3. We certainly do not want to run any new Dems out of the party. That would be stupid.

Reply to pmorlan1 (Reply #1)

Sat May 14, 2016, 09:27 PM

May 2016

Any Independent that has joined the party is part of the team.

pmorlan1

(2,096 posts)

4. You evidently

Reply to DCBob (Reply #3)

Sat May 14, 2016, 09:37 PM

May 2016

haven't seen all the posts I've seen on this subject. I agree it would be really stupid.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)

5. If you are referring to the issue of Independents voting in Dem primaries..

Reply to pmorlan1 (Reply #4)

Sat May 14, 2016, 09:42 PM

May 2016

that is a valid issue. I think its makes sense that Democrats should have a bigger say in who their nominee is. But if an Independent joins the party then that's a different matter.. they certainly are welcome.