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Hot take: if you don’t live in a swing state, you should be registered with the dominant party so you can vote in state primaries.

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Anonymous 22w

Fortunately my state has open primaries 😊

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Anonymous 22w

Or register as an independent

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Anonymous

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most states don’t let independents vote in primaries. But if your state does for sure

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Anonymous

OP 22w

Most states have open primaries. Closed primaries are the outliers

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Anonymous

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*most states with closed primaries

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Anonymous

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Only 19 of the 50 states have closed primaries in 2026

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Anonymous

#1 22w

my point was that registering as an independent usually doesn’t give you more access to primary voting

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Anonymous

OP 22w

In 31 states it does

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Anonymous

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in open primaries party affiliation doesn’t matter?

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Anonymous

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I’m an independent in a state with open primaries I’m allowed to take either ballot and I have and know other people who take it for the opposite party they usually vote for to try and get their favorite of their least favorites to be running against their typical party

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