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In reply to the discussion: Hundreds of New York state voters to file suit calling the closed primary 'a threat to Democracy [View all]elljay
(1,178 posts)The links I posted describe them better than I can, but the only type I would call "ratfucking" are people who are intentionally voting for a candidate that they don't at all support for the purpose of giving their preferred candidate an advantage. Other people who crossover do so because they genuinely support the other party's candidate, they do not approve of their party's candidate and the other party has their second choice, or they are making a choice to support a candidate they can live with but whom they think is more electable than other candidates. Sanders gets a lot of genuine support from independents and Republicans. These are not people trying to muck up the system but people who actually support the candidate. My question is whether you have facts to support the premise that people are crossing party lines to mess with the Democratic selection process.