spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · edit-224 days agoJoe Biden suddenly leads convicted felon Donald Trump in multiple battleground stateswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square337fedilinkarrow-up1789arrow-down134
arrow-up1755arrow-down1external-linkJoe Biden suddenly leads convicted felon Donald Trump in multiple battleground stateswww.newsweek.comspaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · edit-224 days agomessage-square337fedilink
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·24 days agoYou can only vote in the primarys if you are registered with the party having the primary. They probably want to keep being able to vote within the Republican party.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·24 days agoIn my state, you can be independent and vote for either. But yeah, I voted in the Republican primary this time, to vote against Trump, even though I would have wanted Nikki to lose, but would rather risk that than Trump.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 days agoNever even occurred to me it would be state specific. But now that you said it, it’s obvious. Thanks
minus-squarevonbaronhans@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoThat’s something a swing voter might be likely to do, but it’s not a cause of being a swing voter.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoI’m not understanding. Why would a swing voter stay in one party?
You can only vote in the primarys if you are registered with the party having the primary.
They probably want to keep being able to vote within the Republican party.
In my state, you can be independent and vote for either.
But yeah, I voted in the Republican primary this time, to vote against Trump, even though I would have wanted Nikki to lose, but would rather risk that than Trump.
Never even occurred to me it would be state specific. But now that you said it, it’s obvious. Thanks
That’s something a swing voter might be likely to do, but it’s not a cause of being a swing voter.
I’m not understanding. Why would a swing voter stay in one party?