The Art of the Steal… Democrats voting in GOP contests make a HUUGGEEE difference

Flopping Aces ^ | 03-14-16 | Vince

[MNDude]

The MSM is doing their best to try to get liberals to stop Trump in the primaries, not support him. These are democrat voters that ill support in November.

[ghosthost]

people want strong leaders. Not panty-wearing trannies

[MNJohnnie]

Really really sad rationalization attempt.

Doesn’t explain Cruz being completely shut out in the South.

[buwaya]

The fellow here is leaving out independents.
Why, I wonder?
I will take it up with him.

[Sam Gamgee]

It’s strange actually. You would think all the hate and vitriol would be piled on Cruz. After all he takes the “Christian Right” positions on things the left hates. But it is though he doesn’t even exist.

[SunkenCiv]

It's just a good thing that the general election doesn't allow that. /snicker

I voted in the Michigan primary for Bernie Sanders, and yes, you're all welcome. I stated my intent and was told by some troll that it was a waste -- yet Bernie's victory shook Barad-dur to its foundations. He won by the same number of votes as were cast for other candidates, presumably write-ins, minor candidates, and those no longer in the race.

Had I not voted for Bernie, I'd have voted for Donald Trump.

Who won in Michigan? I forget.

[ConservingFreedom]

Doesn’t explain Cruz being completely shut out in the South.

It explains the 7 Southern states with open primaries (but not Kentucky or Louisiana).

[Utmost Certainty]

Strongly doubt that statistically significant numbers of Dems vote in open GOP primaries with the intent of getting the weaker nominee elected.

This is little more than stupid tinfoil conspiracy nonsense.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

This is one possibility. However, I am shocked with the number of libs I know who support Trump. He must be using some Jedi mind control on them or something.

[ConservingFreedom]

It's just a good thing that the general election doesn't allow that.

In the general election, primary-crossover Dums vote Dum - ask McCain.

[MNJohnnie]

Which he lost

[ConservingFreedom]

(Our Enemy, the State)

So you're against government ensuring that "everyone gets covered" and subsidizing ethanol?

[x_plus_one]

Ted Cruz uses scripted speeches. His talk is dogwhisle for racist, bigot homophone according to the democrat talking points. A generation of democrats hear the word "conservative" and think "minority white bigots that need to be crushed"

Ted CruZ can single handedly hand the presidency to ANYONE on the left for 12 more years. He talks to "conservative" GOPers and no one else. He is a political train wreck,

[Katya]

This isn’t orchestrated nor unexpected...The democrats switching parties aren’t going from democrat to republican, they’re going from democrat to Trump. I don’t know why they think this is strange? Trump isn’t a Romney effete elite... he grew up in Queens, believe me it shows. Before some of the early primaries I heard voters stating they were still choosing between Trump and Sanders.. and none of them are closet socialists. They’re the blue collar dems the republicans try to court each election cycle.

[El Cid]

Nice pie charts, but I'd scrub out the caucuses from both sides -- because it is still a mystery to me how these caucuses work, and whether they are a fair representation of how people would have actually voted in those States if they were 'normal' primaries.
The Caucuses have always been susceptible to shenanigans (as Obama showed in 2008 in Iowa).

[Jewbacca]

Why? Trump is, by far, the easiest to beat.

[ConservingFreedom]

It explains the 7 Southern states with open primaries (but not Kentucky or Louisiana).

Which he lost

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

[buwaya]

“Strongly doubt that statistically significant numbers of Dems vote in open GOP primaries with the intent of getting the weaker nominee elected.”

Ditto. This isn’t going to happen, in the numbers we are getting, without publicity. Operation Chaos was public.

[House Atreides]

Claire McCaskill has publicly bragged about how she helped manipulate the outcome of the 20012 Republican primary to get the opponent she wanted (the idiotic Todd Akin). The low-key ‘RAT intervention worked and she went ahead to defeat the self-destructing Akin in the general election.

Who knows if something similar is happening now.