You're welcome... and I'm *so* glad to hear you came out of retirement for this... in my gut it feels more important than it's ever been before.
Well I'm glad I came out of voting retirement. Trump actually won here in Louisiana and whether I'm glad I helped him do that or not...remains to be seen. It was a good thing though to see so many young people out and voting. What happened out in Maine @Ken Anderson? I bet if you would have shared with people over there like you shared with us..there would have been a lot more votes for Trump in Maine!
Maine's caucus is not an honest assessment of the party membership. Given that half of our delegates were simply replaced in 2012, no one is willing to put in the time and effort to stage a caucus takeover anymore, so whoever the party elite wants to win will win. Cruz won.
I'd hoped otherwise but yes, I was pretty sure. If Bush or Rubio had been better candidates, they'd have gotten it, but Maine is a very liberal state so Mainers usually vote for the progressive candidates.
I guess every state must be different because here in NCarolina I'm not register as democrat nor republican but I will be able to vote, and have in the past, for any candidate of my choice and my vote will count. I called to verify that I still could and was told that I'm registered as "Unaffiliated" and can indeed vote March 15 for any candidate I choose and my vote will count. I just need to ask for the appropriate ballot when I get to my polling place (choices are Republican, Democratic, Libertarian or Nonpartisan ballot). For NCarolina, here's what it says in my "Primary Voter Guide": "If you registered as an Unaffiliated voter and want to vote in the Primary, you can ask for a Republican, Democratic, Libertarian or Nonpartisan ballot. Your choice does not change your Unaffiliated status or obligate you to vote for a party’s candidates in the General Election. However, if there is a Primary Runoff, you can only participate in the Runoff of the same party that you selected in the original Primary."
Yes, different states have different rules. In some states, you have to register with the party whose primary or caucus you intend to participate within a certain time frame before the primary. In order to participate in a party caucus in Maine, we have to enroll as a member of that party within one week of the caucus, and in order to change party affiliation we have to have been a member of the party we are changing from for at least three months. In other words, if I register as a Republican in order to participate in the Republican caucus, I have to remain a Republican for at least three months. Voters who are not enrolled in a political party cannot participate in party caucuses or conventions, yet we help to pay the bills for such. When I was in Texas, I could participate in any political party primary I wanted to, but I couldn't participate in both.
Good morning everyone. Trump won in Michigan, Mississippi, and Hawaii which is good news or not depending on which way you view Trump. Now to my political question for today. What is the difference between a Caucus and a Primary? I know I could easily find the answer to this if I type the question in my search engine. But I am sure some of our Politically inclined forum members can answer this...so I hope someone will.
Donald Trump lost in Idaho; but there was an interesting thing that happened there. My friend in Idaho posted on Facebook that people were receiving calls telling them that there was a vote for some school issue on March 8th, and the primary would be on March 22nd. However, the Republican primary in Idaho was yesterday (along with the school vote), and it is the Democratic primary that is on the 22nd. So, if people didn't already know that they were supposed to vote yesterday, and they wait until the 22nd, then they will be too late to have voted for Trump (or any other republican candidate). I don't know if this could have affected the outcome of the voting in Idaho or not; but I imagine that many voters might have missed out on voting because of it.
Yvonne, that sounds like a prank caller and sounds like it worked. The governor there should call for an investigation of the phone sources. I wouldn't be surprised if the Anti-Trump movement was behind that. Trump is getting hit hard by the Anti-Trump movement. They paid 38 million dollars for ads that attacked Trump at every turn. I heard the media say that this super tuesday (yesterday) would show if their efforts were effective….not. Trump ended up doing better than anyone. Trump's Victory Speech was set up as a press conference…good move for making him appear more presidential. I watched it online after I heard CNN making fun of him for "talking about his Trump products during his victory speech". I always like to see it for myself. Sure enough, all he was doing was defending them because the Anti-Trump Movement Ads had attacked all of them as being failures. He said they're all successful and some (i.e.water) are for distribution at the Hotels and Golf Clubs he owns. He also defended Trump University which the media has slammed. He said it's got only one small lawsuit that he will win and then continue to improve the University. You couldn't hear their questions but you could hear his answers. He answered them all except one. I don't know what the question was but Trump just said, "That sounds very politically correct. That's not what the people want." Then moved on to the next question.