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Title: Will Trump Democrats play a role in the 2016 presidential race?
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latimes.com
URL Source: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na ... s-20160424-snap-htmlstory.html
Published: Apr 25, 2016
Author: Lisa Mascaro
Post Date: 2016-04-25 19:57:30 by Gatlin
Keywords: None
Views: 3285
Comments: 23
A retired middle school principal was so moved by Donald Trump that he switched his Democratic Party registration so he can vote for the Republican billionaire in next Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary.
So did the daughter of a steel worker, who twice voted for President Obama but says she is “over” the Democrats' political correctness.
And a husband-wife team of Trump volunteers – she’s a laid-off airport worker, he’s a laid-off truck driver -- were Democrats for 30 years, until recently.
“We always voted Democrat,” said Laurie McGinnis, 49, as her husband, Ricky, 57, hung a Trump banner outside their South Greensburg home. “But not any more.”
Some of these newly minted Pennsylvania Republicans are simply formalizing a process that began with Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980, when conservative-leaning Democrats began shifting away from the party in this faded industrial Rust Belt.
Others moved abruptly, inspired by Trump and fed up with a party they say no longer speaks their language.
Together the result is one of the most sizable shifts of partisan allegiance ever seen in Pennsylvania: 61,500 Democrats have become Republicans so far this year, part of a 145,000 jump in Republican registrations since the fall 2015 election, according to state figures analyzed by both parties. It’s more new Republicans than in the previous four years combined.
Remainder of story is here.
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Unfortunately, I won't be one of the millions supporting Trump in the primary. I'm independent.... I'm gonna be one of the hundred of millions of independents that flock to the voting machines in November and pull the lever for Trump.
He's gonna slaughter KILLary.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
#2. To: GrandIsland (#1)
I'm gonna be one of the hundred of millions of independents that flock to the voting machines in November and pull the lever for Trump.
You are a chump for trump!
#3. To: buckeroo (#2)
You are commie for sanders.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
#4. To: Gatlin (#0)
The Trump Democrats will play a huge role. If Trump is the nominee, they will be the margin that elects him. If Trump is screwed out of the nomination by Republican corruption and manipulation, the Trump Democrats will not vote for the Republican who steals the nomination from him, and the result will be Hillary.
The Trump Democrats are a decisive part of the Trump vote and the anti-Hillary vote.
#5. To: GrandIsland (#3)
Flip-Flop, Flip-Flop!
#6. To: Vicomte13 (#4)
...and the result will be Hillary.
There you have it. That's why I don't waste too much time on these political threads.
#7. To: Gatlin, Trumpkins Ready for Hillary (#0)
-- were Democrats for 30 years, until recently
Trump was a Democrat too...
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul#8. To: Fred Mertz (#6)
... I don't waste too much time on these political threads.
You really should spend more time on these political threads, Fred. It would definitely be to your advantage as it can be a way to deal with your chronic ignorance and provide you with a background to help you with the intellectual capacity to evaluate your poor behavior.
By ignorance, I mean being unaware of or unconcerned with the negative effect your radical behavior has on you, relating to and affecting the fundamental nature of your disingenuous personality.
I know that benevolent confrontation can be the right answer to correct ignorance, but it does not always work. I do hope that you do not choose to disregard this opportunity to learn and improve.
#9. To: Gatlin, hondo68 (#8)
Did you watch hondo's video?
You're proof that there's a sucker born every minute.
#10. To: Fred Mertz (#9)
Did you watch hondo's video?
No!
You're proof that there's a sucker born every minute.
You're living proof that the problem in dealing with your chronic ignorant is that there is little chance that you wake up to the reality of your lack of impact because you obviously don’t self-reflect and can’t take on forum feedback.
You should know that willful blindness is the legal case for claim of ignorance … something you need to remember and use freely.
#11. To: Gatlin (#10)
Sucker.
haha.
#12. To: Fred Mertz, Gatlin, Vicomte13, GrandIsland, was a Trump fanboi for three days, TooConservative (#9)
#20. To: hondo68 (#18)[hondo68]>> Trump won the debate on the first question by just raising his hand to indicate that he has some principals and won't necessarily back the GOP candidate, which is traditionally a POS.
[TooConservative] Actually, that's when he lost the debate. The dustup with Megyn Kelly obscured that.
A lot of GOP viewers did not like his threat to go Perot on them after he filed for the GOP nomination and accepted a slot in the debates. Why do you think he was being booed all the way through the first debate in Ohio. They hated him.
tooconservative posted on 2015-08-12
Yes, I was a Trump supporter after he raised his hand at the first debate and told the GOP that he would not support their candidate if it was the usual POS type.
That lasted about three days until Donald flip-flopped and kissed Rinse Penis, and signed a loyalty oath to Satan, Jeb!, or whatever evildoer the GOP could came up with.
Loyalty Oath to Satan, or any other Republican whomsoever.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul#13. To: Fred Mertz (#11)
It’s better to let people think you’re stupid, Fred ... rather than post and prove it.
#14. To: hondo68 (#12)
Yes, I was a Trump supporter after he raised his hand at the first debate...
His tiny hand? What a joke he is.
#15. To: hondo68 (#12)
Yes, I was a Trump supporter …
That lasted about three days …
Which only proves that you are classified as a poorly informed voter who never came to realize that Trump’s appeal has proven to be more than a passing fad with you.
If that one aspect controlled you, then I see you are missing the appeal of having massive depth of knowledge about anything.
#16. To: Gatlin (#15)
massive depth
Way down deep, you're really shallow.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul#17. To: hondo68 (#16)
... you're really shallow.
Nah! I can easily access the imaginative, creative, understanding, emotional part of my brain … why can’t you?
#18. To: hondo68 (#12)
That lasted about three days until Donald flip-flopped and kissed Rinse Penis, and signed a loyalty oath to Satan, Jeb!, or whatever evildoer the GOP could came up with.
You really place a lot of faith in meaningless signatures. It's a really frustrating world for you, isn't it? People make agreements for a purpose, but if they're not played straight with, they don't honor their side of the agreement either.
#19. To: Gatlin (#0)
Nobody is going to know until after the elections are over and the dust has settled.
The TRUTH is that Trump would have done much better if he were serious about becoming the President if he had ran as a Dim. Bubbette! has her hard core of support from the blacks and the whymen groups,but other than that she is pretty much hated and not trusted. That's why Bernie has gained so much traction,and he's not even running as a Dim! Think about that one for a few minutes.
BOYCOTT PAYPAL AND CLOSE YOUR PP ACCOUNTS NOW! ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO,TOO!
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
#20. To: sneakypete (#19)
… Bubbette! has her hard core of support from the blacks and the whymen groups,but other than that she is pretty much hated and not trusted. That's why Bernie has gained so much traction,and he's not even running as a Dim! Think about that one for a few minutes.
You are not factoring “Democrats for Trump” in your considerations … let’s do so now. The “Democrats for Trump” Web page begins with: “We represent the millions of Democrats who are devoted to putting Donald Trump in the White House.” So, It is as you say: “Nobody is going to know until after the elections are over and the dust has settled.” We will then learn if the “Democrats for Trump” outnumber the “blacks and whymen groups” for Hillary. I think they will since about 20 percent of likely Democrat voters say they would buck the party and vote for Trump in the general election, according to a new poll. The willingness of some Democrats to change sides could be, and probably will be, a major problem for Hillary in the fall.
#21. To: Gatlin, Fred Mertz, hondo68 (#10)
You should know that willful blindness is the legal case for claim of ignorance
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts#22. To: Deckard (#21)
I would not know about this ... since I have never had a government boot on my throat.
Oh Lord it's hard to be humble / When you're perfect in every way. / I can't wait / To look in the mirror.… ~ Mac Davis 1997.
#23. To: Gatlin, Ready for Hillarys boot (#22)
I would not know about this ... since I have never had a government boot on my throat
Peon Gatlin enjoying the Obama/BigSis administration, lovin' it!
He deserves it, but We The People sure as hell don't.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron PaulTop • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
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