Posted on 03/13/2016 10:27:55 AM PDT by Steelfish
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About 1,000 Democrats in Mahoning County so far have switched their party affiliation to Republican with election officials saying several did it to vote for Donald Trump, the GOP presidential front-runner.
“We are seeing something this election cycle I’ve never seen before to this degree,” said board Chairman Mark Munroe, who’s also the county Republican chairman. “Every day I take phone calls or get voice messages from people saying they’ve been Democrats all their life and they’ve had it. They want to vote for Donald Trump. I’m surprised at the volume of inquiries we’re getting. It’s remarkable.”
A number of Democrats taking a Republican ballot when voting early at the board “say they want to vote for Trump,” said Joyce Kale-Pesta, Mahoning County Board of Elections director.
About 7,000 Mahoning County voters have cast early votes. Early voting started Feb. 17 and ends March 14, the day before the primary.
Of those 7,000, about 14 percent were Democrats who voted Republican, Kale-Pesta said. That’s about 1,000 so far.
The percentage of Democrats switching parties will grow even more, said board Vice Chairman David Betras, who also is the county Democratic chairman.
And it doesn’t concern Betras.
“I knew Donald Trump’s message would resonate with blue-collar Democrats,” he said. “But once they learn about his record – besides him being anti-trade – they will change their minds in the general election. I assure you that come the general election, voters will vote our way once we tell the story of Donald Trump. The more chaos created in the Republican primary, the better Democrats will do in the general election.”
Betras, who backs Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, said it “would make me happy for Donald Trump to beat John Kasich,” the Ohio governor running for president as a Republican.
About 5 percent of Republicans – 350 voters – cast Democrat ballots of those who’ve voted so far, said Chris Rakocy, the board’s information technology manager.
I hope you are correct in that Trump can put this thing away just by winning FL Tuesday night (which I'm pretty sure he easily will). But I think OH is very important. Yes, it is Kasich's home state but Kasich is not a serious contender for the WH at this point. There is only one reason Kasich is still in this race and it's to use his home state to deny valuable delegates to Trump.
I hope the people of Ohio can see through this tactic and do the right thing Tuesday night. Even if they like Kasich as governor (and he probably has been a good governor for OH), they should resist the temptation to hand him this meaningless vanity prize and vote for whom they believe actually has a shot at being our next president - which is Trump or Cruz.
Bless you! for both your vote and your sneezes. Hot tea, honey and cayenne pepper with a dash of lemon juice. Is that a fever you’re feeling? :-))
Once again.
What poll is Lyin’ Ted leading?
I know it happens here.
Why is Kasich moving up in the polls against Trump in Ohio?
Probably because Ohio Republicans who had planned to vote for Cruz or Rubio have decided to vote for Kasich instead.
The majority of the 67% of Ohio Republicans who are not supporting Donald Trump must be angry with him for attacking their popular Republican governor, and they are therefore likely to coalesce behind him to defeat Trump.
Don’t blame us either for the fact Cruz exposed himself as a Bush errand boy and doing what they and the establishment order him to do to get their money and support against Trump.
2 so far today @ airports, he wheels in with his plane, gets off, does the event and jets off to another one.
He saves the travel time to someplace in the city, and all the security and logistics involved.
It probably requires at least 3 Secret-Service teams ( or 2 one rotates ahead after theirs is done ) being their in advance, so he can exit and roll.
Efficient use of time and great logistics, may it be a sneak-peak of his potential administration.
This will turn into a major debacle with all kinds of angst and drama from the RNC.
We'll hear a load of crap about how only Romney/ McCain /Bush/ Huckabee/ anyone but Trump can beat the hildabeast.
A vote for Kasich means you are a POS!
Yep... same flu that's making its rounds with everyone around here lately. My sister and niece just returned to England after a 2-week visit... they're now on train to Penzance... and texted me that they're now sick with it too.... I feel guilty!
I hope you are correct in that Trump can put this thing away just by winning FL Tuesday night (which I'm pretty sure he easily will). But I think OH is very important. Yes, it is Kasich's home state but Kasich is not a serious contender for the WH at this point. There is only one reason Kasich is still in this race and it's to use his home state to deny valuable delegates to Trump.
I agree that Kasich is in the race to take the 66 delegates for the GOPe. He is the only one that Trump could not beat easily in Ohio. In fact, Kasich has said that he wants a brokered convention.
I don't think we should create the false expectation of a Trump win in OH. It will be very, very difficult to defeat a sitting governor with an 80% approval rating. It would be a bonus, but I anticipate a loss in Ohio. It won't be the end of the world as long as Trump takes FL and does well elsewhere where the delegates are distributed proportionately. Trump could pick up 200 delegates on Tuesday with a win in FL and doing well elsewhere other than Ohio. He would then have close to 700 votes, more than halfway there with more votes coming up in AZ and the Northeast where he will be favored to do well.
Cruz has a slim mathematical chance to win enough delegates, but the reality is that he won't be able to overtake Trump for the most delegates and the most votes. Cruz really wants a brokered convention as well to steal it from Trump.
NBC News polls have been ,BY FAR, the farthest off and most biased in this cycle.
They are blatantly PUSH POLLING to drive preset narratives, not polling opinion.
Here’s why Trump would be an unmitigated disaster.
Tell us why you think we are wrong.
An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll last week found that two-thirds of voters overall — anti-Trump Republicans and Democrats — couldn’t see a circumstance under which they’d vote for Trump in November. A separate NBC News/SurveyMonkey tracking poll found a large percentage of nonwhite voters, the growing chunk of the electorate, were anti-Trump.
According to the survey, 86% of African American voters and 75% of Latino voters had an unfavorable view of Trump. All told, 7 in 10 nonwhite voters said they had a “very” unfavorable view of the man who, before Saturday, had won 14 of the 22 Republican contests.
And 80% have said no to Cruz nice fuzzy math lol
Cruz came in last!! If anything the DC primary reflected who the establishment wants and who it doesn't. This is a badge of honor to be last. Again Cruz beats Trump as the most anti-establishment candidate.
We will find out on Tuesday. Don’t be surprised if the actual votes are contrary to this poll. This is the same polling outfit that had Cruz tied up with Trump in SC.
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