Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forum44% of Sanders voters in WV are Trump supporters
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1936282Remind me again why we're supposed to think that conservatives choosing our nominee is a good idea?
Plus another 31% who are going to stay home, vote for a third party or write someone in.
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)Open primaries allow for this.
Mz Pip
(27,465 posts)The GOP would rather face Sanders than Clinton.
Arkansas Granny
(31,544 posts)savalez
(3,517 posts)open primaries favor bernie is bullsh#t. Especially now that the GOP has their nominee.
It seems like open primaries are largely a way for voters to screw up the other party.
savalez
(3,517 posts)If the GOP had only one person running in their Primary. With Open Primaries they would be able to pick the weakest Democratic candidate. They'd do that every single election.
TwilightZone
(25,525 posts)Hmm, almost the same percentage!
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/prison-inmate-wins-more-than-40-of-democratic-vote-over-president-obama-in-wv-primary/
Edit: he got almost as many votes as Romney did in the GOP primary. Too funny.
savalez
(3,517 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,509 posts)TwilightZone
(25,525 posts)They kinda left that detail out.
Walk away
(9,494 posts)because they know how weak Bernie is. That's inevitable since Trump has already won his nomination.
still_one
(92,537 posts)vote for trump
TwilightZone
(25,525 posts)Or so it would seem.
still_one
(92,537 posts)LisaM
(27,863 posts)And the sad thing is that Trump probably cares less about WV jobs than anyone running.
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)BFD, WV voted almost 2 to 1 for Romney in the 2014 general.
TwilightZone
(25,525 posts)or something like that.
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)Legends303
(481 posts)he would get crushed under foot in most states since most of his support came from Trump voters