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Way to go, guys! (lemmy.world)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Woah what the hell? No! I didn't know about that!

What a weird concept. I'm not even entirely sure the desired outcome other than to see if it works and if they (the people doing this) could get away with it. I feel that it definitely sets dangerous precedent and makes it even muddier to have a well informed voter base.

You are thinking that people that would have voted for Biden then used their primary vote to go for Nikki Haley though?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    No sense voting for Biden. He’s pretty much locked as the DNC candidate, the primary is really a formality (as often as it seems to be now).

    No, NH has an open primary. Any undeclared voter can register for one party for the day to cast a primary ballot.

    A lot of independents are undecided in these situations, since they can vote in either primary. Their vote is actually kind of especially powerful, since in this case they can use it to vote against someone in particular.

    I live in MA which does the same. I am very left leaning but emphatically selected a republican ballot for the primaries.

    Edit to add: this is also why Trumpists are lashing out against her, specifically in NH…they can’t fathom that voters can be independent. You’re either a modern republican or a librul.

    What was it they used to say? Country before party? Facts not feelings? Law and order? Literally all of this shit is practically Orwellian. Ironically they really latch onto the “Ignorance is Strength” part.

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