Okay, this excuse is getting real old.
Please, Democrats have a hard enough time getting their trash to the polls to vote for them, let alone organize a concerted effort to vote for a Republican. These people wouldn’t know the difference, they’d probably vote for the same name again in the General just because they saw it the first time. Quit making the Democrats smarter than they are.
Ever heard the story of Roger Williams quest to form the “purest” Church? Have all the closed Republican primaries you want. It won’t solve the problem. In NH, it was Republicans that put Romney over the top. He even got a majority of self-identified “Tea Party” voters in NH.
The terms “Repubican” and “Conservative” mean different things to different people. Look at David Frum and David Brooks, these guys think they’re standard-bearers of Republicanism! They’d still be able to vote in a closed GOP primary and they’re not the only ones.
RINOs and CINOs are not just exclusive to actual politicians. There’s plenty of them running around that have “REPUBLICAN” on their Voter Registration Card and show up at the polls to vote in primaries. And their numbers are higher than what we would like to admit. But what are you going to do?
Its quite obvious that you aren’t up-to-date with the exit polls from NH - which also has an open primary. So, you can rant all you want, but, you rant in error.