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2016 Postmortem

doc03

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2. I witnessed that myself the day I voted 3 other people came to the board of

Reply to mackdaddy (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2016, 04:41 PM

May 2016

elections when I was there and all three switched from D to R I assume to vote for Trump. I actually
heard one man say I want to vote for Trump can I switch from Democrat to the Republican ballot, his
wife was with him and she also switched to Republican.

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63% more people voted as Republicans than Democrats in the Ohio Primary. [View all] mackdaddy May 2016 OP

I've been pointing to this all election. Fawke Em May 2016 #1

They want Trump to win and have it be "plausibly deniable" Baobab May 2016 #3

I witnessed that myself the day I voted 3 other people came to the board of doc03 May 2016 #2

he claims to be against trade deals Baobab May 2016 #4

That certainly goes against what Republicans have been preaching since the 70s. doc03 May 2016 #7

Werent there 5 candidates on GOP side in Ohio? JaneyVee May 2016 #5

Yes. And one of them happened to be the Governor. OilemFirchen May 2016 #8

Numbers have been like that in every swing state though. Ash_F May 2016 #12

Which was JaneyVee's point. OilemFirchen May 2016 #15

I was referring to the Governor part Ash_F May 2016 #16

that's been pretty much a given in Ohio in my experience. hobbit709 May 2016 #6

Except that it's not. OilemFirchen May 2016 #10

When I lived in Marion it was hard-core Republican. hobbit709 May 2016 #13

I can't speak to your experience. OilemFirchen May 2016 #14

I have expressed similar concern about my own state of RI SheenaR May 2016 #9

Yes some have been bringing this up here. It is something Dem leadership needs to address. Ash_F May 2016 #11

Ohio is going to be a tough fight this year. apnu May 2016 #17