Massachusetts has been discussed as one of Marco Rubio’s only opportunities to win a state on Super Tuesday, but new data coming from the state’s Secretary of State office may put a damper on the senator’s chances.
Nearly 20,000 Bay State Democrats have fled the party this winter, with thousands doing so to join the Republican ranks, according to the state’s top elections official.
Secretary of State William Galvin said more than 16,300 Democrats have shed their party affiliation and become independent voters since Jan. 1, while nearly 3,500 more shifted to the MassGOP ahead of tomorrow’s “Super Tuesday” presidential primary.
Galvin called both “significant” changes that dwarf similar shifts ahead of other primary votes, including in 2000, when some Democrats flocked from the party in order to cast a vote for Sen. John McCain in the GOP primary.
The primary reason? Galvin said his “guess” is simple: “The Trump phenomenon,” a reference to GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, who polls show enjoying a massive lead over rivals Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and others among Massachusetts Republican voters.
“The tenor of the Republican campaign has been completely different from what we’ve seen in prior Republican presidential campaigns,” Galvin said. “You have to look no farther than the viewership for some of the televised debates.
Donald Trump’s appeal of personality clearly knows no party. He’s entertaining, likeable, and — ultimately — a stronger candidate than most expected. Coupled with the horrid favorability ratings of Democrat standard-bearer Hillary Clinton, its no wonder people are fleeing the leftist party in the thousands.
Source: Boston Herald
Did someone see the light????
We Don”y need another Clinton in office. What makes you think that she can do any better then the President er have not. She can’t even tell the true yet what makes YOU think she will when she get”s in office.
I guess they got tired of living in a welfare state.
Smart Democrats….
Lmao are you serious? Someone who has never fought combat or been in the military neither has the background has files bankruptcy 7times has never built none of his buildings which btw aren’t even his??? Lmao you and the rest of the people who follow him are just jokes people who have no remorse for another life as long as your white an American and have money. You have a child in your profile picture think about what’s the best option for her. Trump is a joke who allegedly went to an I.V school and has no knowledge to show for
Wrong I believe in unity but not in breaking the law of being here illegally. Trump is not racist and I have a right to my opinion.
Vote Trump! Go Trump!
Welcome !
Who wants to be caught supporting a dike felon?
Between The Democrats & Independents , They Say He Got About 20,000 NEW Voters To Come To His Side .