http://www.salon.com/2016/04/25/bad..._of_pennsylvania_dems_to_switch_parties/

Donald Trump is coaxing tens of thousands of Pennsylvania Dems to switch parties


An unprecedented number of Pennsylvanians have switched their party affiliation from Democrat to Republican ahead of Tuesday’s primary in order to vote Trump, according to a Duluth News Tribune report.

The report said that “61,500 Democrats have become Republicans so far this year, part of a 145,000 jump in Republican registrations since the fall 2015 election.”

Many of these voters crossing party lines are working-class, middle-aged and “feel Trump is sticking it to the man.” They feel the Democratic party has prioritized the wants of more lucrative voting blocs, like youths, minorities and yuppies. For this reason, they find Trump’s political incorrectness refreshing.

“The silent majority’s been kept quiet by all the political correctness in the world,” Laurie McGinnis, a 49-year-old school bus driver, told the paper.

That'll pizz off a lotta Cruzers..

It's no surprise that trump draws democrats. He's been on their side all his life. When he wins over conservatives I'll be impressed. (With his acting skills)

hell I'm a Cruzer. It's not a matter of being pizzed, it's a matter of worry that Trump's Conservative epiphany won't last past the election. And worry that he'll do something dumb to lose the election. Like try to run with no ground game.

But like I said in another thread, I think he sincerely wants to see the country be safe & prosperous. As opposed to the Dems, who mostly crave power.

He's kicked ass on the conservative vote since day 1.

Do you not read how the demographics have played out?

Ya, this is surprising. Liberals voting for a Planned Parenthood contributor and supporter.

Wow, a true bombshell.

Trump isn't my first choice, I liked Dr. Ben, then I guess Cruz.

But, I'll vote for The Donald in a heart beat if he's the nominee.

We gotta ALL get behind the "R" choice and beat H-Dog...

Trump may do better than people think.

DF

Sad thing is day after he gets elected and switches back to his true liberal policies, all we'll hear from the trumptards is that hillary would have been worse. There'll be no mention that there was a proven conservative option during the primaries.

Sounds like the establishment description of Ronaldus Magnus 36 years ago.

I still think he's a sleeper democrat, and I'm believing it more every day. Campaign speeches mean nothing to me, He and the clintons came up with this plan in 2012, and have been setting it up ever since. I really hope I'm wrong.

The choice is Hitlery, or the R nominee. Those are the choices. Choose wisely.

There are a lot of democrats that are fairly conservative but get sick and tired of the social wedge issues. I'm sick of "conservatives" railing about gays and the non-issue of transgendered folks swarming into locker rooms around the country. I'm sick of fighting settled law like RvW and I'm damn sure that if these wedge issues weren't embraced by the RNC the conservative movement would gain a lot more members. One doesn't have to hate gays in order to be conservative.

But, if they didn't concentrate on the culture war BS then they'd have to actually address REAL problems ... and that just CAN'T happen...

I think he is more Patriotic than anything and sees what is happening to this once great country. Politicians have, for the most part brought us down.

I really hope your right and I'm wrong. If I could get crap on the campfire for the next 8 years for thinking the second coming of Reagan was a liberal I'd love every minute of it. I'll vote for him if he's the choice. Just have zero faith that he's much more conservative than hillary.

I've never said I wouldn't vote for him. I'd just rather vote for a conservative.

If that was truly the case, the Klintons would have pulled the plug on Trump long ago. He's gone much further than anyone thought he would.

I'll believe it when I see trump annihilate hillary in a debate. I want to see him call her out on how she accepted his bribes and what she gave him in return. Send her storming off the stage. The little tiffs between the two of them so far has been more like teenagers flirting.

Shared sentiment, mog.

He'd have to swing pretty bad to Left flank H-Dog...

Would you trust him or her with the Supreme Court...?

Just me, I'd take a chance on him long before trusting her.

And, he may not be war monger people think, reportedly was against the Iraq War, seems more isolationist than most R's and most D's.

Given the choice of Donald or Hillary, to me it's a no brainer.

DF

His base is a lot different than hers. If elected, I don't see him abandoning his pledges or his base.

He's a populist of sorts and seems more isolationist than the mainstream, both sides of the isle. He has a different paradigm of the U.S. in relationship with the rest of the world. It may be time to re-think a lot of that.

He's been compared to Andy Jackson and old Andy's picture on the $20 bill is being replaced by a P.C. black woman. The establishment would like to do the same P.C. trick with The Donald. Just make him go away, replaced with a big dose of P.C. He has largely defused the P.C. weapon used so long by the left and the media to reign in and control those not already on the reservation.

Them hating him makes a lot of people like him. Or, said another way, you can tell a lot about a man by his enemies list...

That may be Donald's greatest credential...

DF

Picking "Baba Yaga" for VP isn't going to help. By end of next Tuesday Cruz will become footnote in history of US elections. I think Americans are beginning to realize that the only person that can beat HRC at the ballot box is DJT.

Look, I've seen this as a possibility and have said so. I'm not positive that this will be a significant trend. It could happen throughout the Rust Belt, and should that happen it would shock the Dems and the pundits. Might shock me too....

Exactly. He's already proving that he can pull in democrap crossovers and independents votes.

Cruz has no chance in hell of getting a democrap vote. They'd die first.

He might get independents if he distances himself from the televangelist snake-oil mongers.