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Except when you're not allowed to, which happens a lot if you're registered as an Independent... > In a closed primary, only voters registered with a given par
by cronix 8y ago
Except when you're not allowed to, which happens a lot if you're registered as an Independent...
> In a closed primary, only voters registered with a given party can vote in that party's primary. States with closed primaries include party affiliation in voter registration so that the state has an official record of what party each voter is registered as.
https://www.fairvote.org/open_and_closed_primaries https://www.fairvote.org/open_and_closed_primaries
The system isn't nearly as open as people seem to think.
- chrisseaton 8y agoI don’t understand arguments for open primaries. If you’re not a member of a political party what business do you have in voting who they want to represent them in the presidential election? What stops people voting for unpopular candidates in order to sabotage the party? Isn’t it basically the same as entryism?
- philwelch 8y agoThis has happened before. In the 2008 primaries, Rush Limbaugh ran an "Operation Chaos" campaign where he called on his listeners to vote in late, open primaries for the then-losing Hillary Clinton in order to extend the Democratic primary season. In 2016, even in some closed primaries like West Virginia, a majority of voters who supported Sanders in the primary, according to exit polls, still planned to vote for Trump in the general election.