Thank you Diamond and Silk....
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-are-people-changing-their-party-affiliation-this-election-cycle/
Pennsylvania, which holds its party primaries on April 26, has already seen pretty hefty shifts since the beginning of the year, according to its department of state. Based on data that is updated weekly, nearly 50,000 Democrats in the state have switched to the Republican Party and more than 25,000 Republicans have switched to being Democrats. As for independents, nearly 32,000 of them have registered as Democrats and nearly 25,000 independents have registered as Republicans.
Voters in Massachusetts, who already voted in their primaries on March 1, have also changed their registration. A spokesman for the department of state told CBS News as many as 20,000 Democrats in the state have left the party this year. When asked for statistics on the numbers of Republicans or independents who have changed their affiliations, the spokesman said his office does not have such data.
Another report that has surfaced found that 1,000 blue-collar Democrats in Ohio's Mahoning County have switched to being Republicans. A spokesman, however, for the department of state said Ohio won't have updated statistics on party affiliation changes until after the results come in from the state's winner-take-all primary on Tuesday.
While it's difficult to pin down why this is happening in this election cycle, a pair of Trump supporters are making an effort to try to recruit Democrats.
Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, sisters from North Carolina, have launched an effort online called "Ditch and Switch" that instructs Democrats how to change their party affiliation to the Republican Party in order to vote for Trump.
"DITCH the Democrat Party and SWITCH to Republican Party to vote for Mr. Donald J. Trump in the primaries," it says on their website. "Look below to see if your state is a Closed or Open primary voting states."
The sisters, who are also known as Diamond and Silk, are urging voters to switch to the GOP in states that hold closed primaries in which only voters registered in a party can vote in that party's primary.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-are-people-changing-their-party-affiliation-this-election-cycle/
Pennsylvania, which holds its party primaries on April 26, has already seen pretty hefty shifts since the beginning of the year, according to its department of state. Based on data that is updated weekly, nearly 50,000 Democrats in the state have switched to the Republican Party and more than 25,000 Republicans have switched to being Democrats. As for independents, nearly 32,000 of them have registered as Democrats and nearly 25,000 independents have registered as Republicans.
Voters in Massachusetts, who already voted in their primaries on March 1, have also changed their registration. A spokesman for the department of state told CBS News as many as 20,000 Democrats in the state have left the party this year. When asked for statistics on the numbers of Republicans or independents who have changed their affiliations, the spokesman said his office does not have such data.
Another report that has surfaced found that 1,000 blue-collar Democrats in Ohio's Mahoning County have switched to being Republicans. A spokesman, however, for the department of state said Ohio won't have updated statistics on party affiliation changes until after the results come in from the state's winner-take-all primary on Tuesday.
While it's difficult to pin down why this is happening in this election cycle, a pair of Trump supporters are making an effort to try to recruit Democrats.
Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, sisters from North Carolina, have launched an effort online called "Ditch and Switch" that instructs Democrats how to change their party affiliation to the Republican Party in order to vote for Trump.
"DITCH the Democrat Party and SWITCH to Republican Party to vote for Mr. Donald J. Trump in the primaries," it says on their website. "Look below to see if your state is a Closed or Open primary voting states."
The sisters, who are also known as Diamond and Silk, are urging voters to switch to the GOP in states that hold closed primaries in which only voters registered in a party can vote in that party's primary.
