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Democratic Primaries

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10. The specific 'problem' is 'tactical crossover voting' or "party raiding"

Sat Apr 20, 2019, 02:46 PM

Apr 2019

and there simply is no evidence that it has ever been effective.

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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One of the reasons Republican folks are coming out and [View all] MineralMan Apr 2019 OP

Open primaries suck... n/t PeeJ52 Apr 2019 #1

This is one of the reasons why closed primaries are a necessity LongtimeAZDem Apr 2019 #2

I agree, but there's not time enough to change that MineralMan Apr 2019 #4

This will definitely be a problem MaryMagdaline Apr 2019 #3

Yes, exactly. Plus, there will be motivation for Republicans to MineralMan Apr 2019 #5

I don't know, frankly. MineralMan Apr 2019 #8

Can Super Delegates negate this if there is evidence for it? MarcA Apr 2019 #9

Super Delegates have never decided who a nominee would be. MineralMan Apr 2019 #11