05-17-2016, 11:07 AM
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-2016-polling-turnout-early-voting-data-213897
Politico crunched the numbers given to them by the GOP and other analysis groups regarding the primaries and the data overwhelmingly shows that the huge increase in GOP primary voters is from GOP general election voters who previously just never voted in primaries.
Is this good news for the GOP in general? Absolutely. More competitive primaries are a good thing going forward.
Does it help Trump's claim that he is expanding the party? No, he's simply getting to voters who have always voted GOP in the general.
The number of brand new voters in many states and the number of party switchers are very similar to 2008 and 2012 numbers.
Politico crunched the numbers given to them by the GOP and other analysis groups regarding the primaries and the data overwhelmingly shows that the huge increase in GOP primary voters is from GOP general election voters who previously just never voted in primaries.
Is this good news for the GOP in general? Absolutely. More competitive primaries are a good thing going forward.
Does it help Trump's claim that he is expanding the party? No, he's simply getting to voters who have always voted GOP in the general.
The number of brand new voters in many states and the number of party switchers are very similar to 2008 and 2012 numbers.
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