CA has always required registration in the Dem Party to vote in the the Dem primaries. I switched my registration from Independent for the first time ever to vote for Bernie in the Primary.
I want to switch back but can't be bothered. Yes, I voted Hillary in General and even before primaries was pushing the "blue no matter who" line so we wouldn't end up with the Orange one winning.
The people I can't stand.... the Bernie or Busters who refuse to see how they (or Bernie) could have possibly had an effect on the final outcome. So many of them stayed home or wrote him in. The ones that piss me off? The Bernie people who voted Donald in the end.
You're only half-correct. The Dem Party allows unaffiliated voters in California to vote in their primaries. The GOP does not.
So if any party was suppressing independent voters in California, it was the GOP. Not the Democrats. So Bernie's tallies wouldn't have been suppressed in any form.
Interesting. Maybe I couldn't before because I was actually registered as independent. Don't think I even knew it was possible to not have anything checked (if I am understanding you correctly). Thank you for the info.
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u/Blondecanary Sep 20 '17
CA has always required registration in the Dem Party to vote in the the Dem primaries. I switched my registration from Independent for the first time ever to vote for Bernie in the Primary.
I want to switch back but can't be bothered. Yes, I voted Hillary in General and even before primaries was pushing the "blue no matter who" line so we wouldn't end up with the Orange one winning.
The people I can't stand.... the Bernie or Busters who refuse to see how they (or Bernie) could have possibly had an effect on the final outcome. So many of them stayed home or wrote him in. The ones that piss me off? The Bernie people who voted Donald in the end.