• TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    You can only vote in the primarys if you are registered with the party having the primary.

    They probably want to keep being able to vote within the Republican party.

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      6 months ago

      In my state, you can be independent and vote for either.

      But yeah, I voted in the Republican primary this time, to vote against Trump, even though I would have wanted Nikki to lose, but would rather risk that than Trump.

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        6 months ago

        Never even occurred to me it would be state specific. But now that you said it, it’s obvious. Thanks

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      6 months ago

      That’s something a swing voter might be likely to do, but it’s not a cause of being a swing voter.

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          6 months ago

          Perhaps my point didn’t come across. I’m not trying to explain why a swing voter would stay in one party. I was trying to understand what might cause someone in the US in today’s world to be the kind of person who could feasibly vote for either party when they are wildly different on the major topics in the zeitgeist.