I have to have a candidate committed to me as much as I am committed to them!

[MineralMan]

3. I'm more about having a candidate who supports policies I can agree with.

I don't expect commitment to me, specifically. I've actually never met an actual Presidential candidate. So, none of them know me. I look at their ideas and commitments in various areas before choosing which ones to support. That's as close as I can come, really.

We used to have caucuses in Minnesota for presidential primaries. While I enjoyed being a caucus leader and precinct chair, I always thought too few people had too much input into caucus results. I prefer primaries, and was glad when Minnesota switched over to them for the 2020 presidential primaries.

In Minnesota, like some other states, we don't register to vote by party. At the primary election, you have to choose a party's ballot on which to vote. In doing so, you are declaring yourself in line with that party's principles. So, a Republican can vote on the Democratic ballot, if he or she is willing to make that declaration.

I don't know how much of an issue that will be, frankly. Most Minnesota Republicans dislike ALL of our Democratic presidential primary candidates, so their votes would be all over the place, and probably wouldn't have much effect in the end. I doubt that many Minnesota Republicans will choose the Democratic primary ballot in the first place.