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Upshot from last night: Independent FAIL [View all] WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2016 OP
Indi's were not allowed to vote but they will be in the GE, Hillary had a trout farm victory azurnoir Apr 2016 #1
Gawd forbid that Democrats select the Democratic nominee. NT Adrahil Apr 2016 #2
seems Hillary's fans might fear open voter participation - interesting that azurnoir Apr 2016 #3
Yep, very true Duckhunter935 Apr 2016 #8
Well, here's the thing..... Adrahil Apr 2016 #20
Funny how it works. People tell you over and over what the problem is: you're WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2016 #19
Yeah, I keep hearing people say that shit..... Adrahil Apr 2016 #22
What a FOS statement. Occupy and now Democracy Spring are engaging people the Democratic Party is WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2016 #23
Oh yes, very podunk. But we did have an occupy group here. Adrahil Apr 2016 #25
You've more clearly identified the problem than I, apparently. WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2016 #5
I did in my state where Bernie won quite handily but then again we have a tradition azurnoir Apr 2016 #12
of course they were allowed to vote - all they had to do was make the effort to make sure they DrDan Apr 2016 #9
6 months ago registration closed last October azurnoir Apr 2016 #10
seems the Hillary supporters understood it - over 1M votes DrDan Apr 2016 #13
under the circumstances of NY laws Hillary's win is like catching a lunker at a trout farm azurnoir Apr 2016 #16
Wow, 1 million votes from NY! Lol WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2016 #17
No LoverOfLiberty Apr 2016 #28
Bernie is the reason I became a state delegate this year. GoldenThunder Apr 2016 #4
You're smarter than many, many people. Registering Independent has grown in popularity WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2016 #11
The only way to get the Demacratic Party back to the people is... GoldenThunder Apr 2016 #18
People don't know that. They think they can change it from the outside because they don't understand WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2016 #21
Are you by any chance enrolled in COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #29
Who knew that a closed primary with a deadline for changing affiliation 6 months ahead HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #6
Yeah, we did learn a lot about the sausage making. If you live in an open primary state, you just WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2016 #14
You need independents Duckhunter935 Apr 2016 #7
In hindsight, I think they'd rather vote for Bernie in the primary than Hillary in the GE WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2016 #15
You're not the only independents though. IamMab Apr 2016 #27
Time to make a clean break ThePhilosopher04 Apr 2016 #24
Exactly. There's ZERO logic behind "I won't vote for them to teach them a lesson." IamMab Apr 2016 #26
A closed primary only strengthens the establishment. HooptieWagon Apr 2016 #30
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