Strong turnout predicted for Super Tuesday in MA

Secretary of State William Galvin, a Democrat, said Monday he expects as many as 700,000 residents to cast Republican ballots on Tuesday.

Why the uptick in Republican votes? Bronson says he doesn’t like the public personal attacks between the Republican candidates, which continue to escalate especially between Rubio and Trump of late. Only those who are registered Democratic or unenrolled in any party may vote in Democratic primary between former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and US Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

Almost 16,000 Bay State Democrats have bolted their party and are now unenrolled independents – and another 3,500 have switched sides to the GOP entering today’s Super Tuesday vote, in a dramatic shift one state official credited to the “Trump phenomenon”.

If like the majority of MA voters you are un-enrolled, you can choose any ballot and you do not become a party member.

It’s important to note here that if you are registered in MA as either a democrat or a republican you must vote for a candidate within your party lines.

“Independents are requesting absentee ballots, which may be a clue that there’s interest on the Republican side”, he said.

MA is among a dozen states to hold primaries and caucuses on Super Tuesday.

Clinton, fresh off a decisive win in Saturday’s SC primary, appeared at an event in Springfield Monday morning. There are more than 4 million registered voters in the state. But those assets turned into liabilities as Donald Trump rose in the polls and voters rebelled against traditional Republican politics.

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. Ted Cruz at 9 percent and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 4 percent.