[desertsolitaire]

Why was that ever made that way to begin with? (Open primary)
What possible advantage does that confer to Republicans? I see only disadvantages.
How impossibly difficult is it to change to a closed primary instead? Not just Ohio, but all US states that have open Republican primaries. Have we not considered it because it is an advantage to GOPee uniparty Rommney type Republican lite types?
Perhaps along with GOTV efforts and ballot harvesting, we should also CLOSE all the open Republican primaries?

[Robert DeLong]

My thought is that Republicans would prefer to not lead, but follow & be seen as the underdog, purely for fundraising benefits. In addition, it helps weed out the interlopers of the party, such as a Donald John Trump.

[Robert DeLong]

Elections are controlled by the individual state legislatures. They determine how elections are held, the state party officials on the other hand control the party's primary elections. Why either party would allow registered opposition party members to vote in its primary selection process is beyond me to be quite honest. But I believe the Republicans have more open primaries, than do Democrats. But I haven't looked into that in a long time. Thus I'm going by older information, not current on that claim.

I'm assuming that they believe the number of people trying to interfere with the party's selection process to be so negligeable that it is not a consideration of concern. Because they too need to be concerned that their candidate in their party wins their primary selection process. However, when that person has no one running against them, they already have their primary secured. That indeed frees the opposition to have a decisive impact upon their selection process.

But I am just taking a guess with that assumption.