primaries and does not do as well in closed ones.
6 months ago I expected Bernie would be strongest in closed primaries since Democrats tend to be more liberal than independents or republicans and Bernie is more liberal than Hillary. And that Hillary would do better in open primaries - in which she has better name recognition and independents might be scared by the 'socialist' candidate - and in caucuses because she would have a larger more experienced ground team.
That would have made my world simpler since my preferred candidate would have been performing better in my preferred primary format. I would undoubtedly now be saying "How can we let republicans and independents choose our candidate, when registered Democrats prefer my candidate."
Obviously I was completely wrong about the campaign strengths and weaknesses of the two candidates. (Probably why no campaigns have approached me to help with their strategizing. 
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Though my 'simpler world' has not happened, I still think closed primaries are fairer - with reasonable deadlines for declaring or switching ones party affiliation - and will not abandon them just because my candidate is not doing as well in them. republicans should not be expected to allow me or most DU'ers to decide who their candidates are, though some of my Democratic friends here in Ohio did exactly that in our open primary. Neither should Democrats invite republicans to choose who our candidates are.
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