Don’t know why the question of Dems voting in this primary matters. There is no dem or any other candidate on the ballot in November. David Bratt will be the next Representative of the 8th Congressional Distrct of Virginia.
Correction, 7th District.
Brat does have a Dem opponent in November. He’s another professor at Brat’s college. He was selected by the Dems when Cantor looked to be a shoe-in, so probably not a very strong or serious candidate.
It matters if the crossovers were an organized Dem effort to help kill Cantor to perpetuate the “Tea Party Extremists” narrative across other races.
The Dems believe that narrative works for them in a lot of places. They also think that the GOP standing firm against immigration reform works for them in a lot of places. I think they’re wrong on those presumptions in many ways, at least in the sense that the issues convey some sort of extra benefit or advantage they didn’t already have.