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Originally Posted by jeffery_stelesvyle  I firmly believe that a party's candidate should only be chosen by voters affiliated with that party. In most of these primaries anyone is allowed to vote for candidates for either party. So it is happening that republicans are crossing over and voting or Obama because he would be easier to beat in an general election and democrats are voting for McCain because he will look like a fossil compared to the dem candidate. |
it varies by state to state. Some require you to register as a democat the previous year. Republicans are not, in any meaningful amount switching over to Obama to sabotage the Democratic candidacy. In fact many republicans are actually switching to Obama because they believe in Obama, which speaks even more to his electability. I strongly disagree that Obama would be easier to beat than Hillary - in fact even the GOP pundits are speaking to their fear of an Obama candiacy, because he would extremely difficult to beat.