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Colo. Democrats changing party registration ahead of Boebert’s GOP primary: report

June 8, 2022 | | Print Article

Colorado Democrats are potentially taking a page out of the late, great Rush Limbaugh’s book and are switching party affiliations ahead of GOP primaries in the state in an effort to boot Rep. Lauren Boebert from office.

Thousands of registered Colorado Democrats have reportedly changed parties since January. Democrat Party voter rolls in Boebert’s 3rd Congressional District have decreased by approximately 2.7 percent or 3,700 voters between February and May according to an analysis that was done by CPR News. At the same time, the district reportedly saw growth in its unaffiliated voter numbers. No other Colorado district has seen that kind of increase in voters changing party registration over the same duration of time.

There is an “open primary” system in Colorado that allows unaffiliated voters to participate in either primary election without having to register with a given party. There is no way to know for sure if the voters who dropped their party affiliation are plotting to oust Boebert, but a number of former Democrats have told local media that they are taking measures into their own hands to get rid of her.

“Well, I’m a lifelong Democrat, and now I’m unaffiliated,” Steven Hallenborg said in an interview with CPR. “It’s very unfortunate what’s going on in this state. So, I mean, she has to go.”

It’s also unknown if the shift in party affiliation will have any impact on Boebert’s reelection chances. The Democrats-turned-Independents are only a small percentage of the overall electorate and therefore, may not have any meaningful effect on her campaign. Even if all of those that switched designation voted for Boebert’s challenger, State Senator Don Coram, their numbers would account for less than 1 percent of all registered voters, according to CPR.

Coram is a centrist which is an unpopular stance in the Republican Party currently. He’s determined to go after the unaffiliated vote.

“They are unaffiliated because they are sick and tired of the antics of the far right, and the far left,” he told CPR. His campaign was adamant that he is focused on winning over undecided voters, not convincing Democrats to meddle in the primary.

Further efforts to get Democrats to take part in this possible election strategy ran out of time on Monday, June 6, which was the last day members of a party could change or drop their affiliation in order to participate in another party’s primary.

Boebert is increasingly popular in her district. In 2020, she won her primary by almost 10,000 votes and she may beat that number this time around.

Some experts are weighing in on the issue according to CPR. They contend that this may all be because GOP races are more interesting in a blue state and Independent voters have a chance of swaying results. That appears to be a definite reach in this instance.

It should be noted that although Colorado is counted now as a blue state, at one time it was red and progressive policies that hurt Americans’ pocketbooks could swing it back into that category once again.

“For unaffiliated voters who really are neutral between the parties, and there are some of those, they may simply decide the Republican Party is the more interesting contest right now,” Seth Masket, who is a professor of political science at the University of Denver, asserts. “For primaries, that is something that could have an effect.”

Coram raised a paltry $89,000 by the end of March for his campaign, compared to a whopping $4.4 million rolling in for Boebert.

The Republican primary in Boebert’s state is slated for June 28.

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25 thoughts on “Colo. Democrats changing party registration ahead of Boebert’s GOP primary: report”

  1. I voted for Boebert , a fine upstanding citizen , no wonder democrats want decency out of government.

  4. The Dims have nothing to offer the American people so all they can do is confuse and destroy.

  5. Is there a “D” out there anywhere with ethics? I love this country and never thought I would wonder if there’s any way to keep it together as one big place. The left doesn’t have the ability or desire to discuss opposing viewpoints. They want to simply scream over people, call anyone who doesn’t agree with them names like racist, bigot, etc… and cause a scene. It makes me sad and ticks me off.

  6. The dems. tried to force voters to vote for the candidate of the party of which you are registwered in the primaries here in WA.The courts found it unconstitutional to make people vote for any one candidate. In states where you can register as a independent or a consevative and vote for the best candidate.
    Voters are leaving the dem. party though. Even pre 2020 which is another reason to question Biden’s 80 million votes considering the number of dems, that jumped ship especially minoriiies.

  7. What a GREAT opportunity for the GOP, IF they have their act together.
    They create specific campaign flyers for those newly coming onboard to give THEM AN EDUCATION on major issues facing all Americans – NEWS items they never hear about on their MainStream Media outlets!
    GO GET ‘EM…..they may never leave the America Firsters!

  8. Proving once again the idiocy of open primaries. The purpose of a primary is for the members of a party to choose the candidate they wish. Allowing non-party members to attempt to influence the choice is undemocratic.

  9. Obviously they are being INSTRUCTED to do that.During the one year period no one should be allowed to go back and force from one party to the other and then back to the real one.
    This is CHEATING!

  10. The only way DEM’s can win is to cheat. They are pushing it to the edge here. Once they finally push us too far, they will regret being born.

  12. Here in AZ if you are registered Independent you cannot vote in either party primary. Duh. Makes sense.

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  14. While these shenanigans have gone on for a long time, is there even a single instance where it was effective?

    1. Yes, here in Mississippi the last time Thad Cochran ran. Only it was the GOP that orchestrated it to keep their swamp rat in office instead of the person the people wanted. It was between Chris McDaniels and Thad Cochran for the GOP primary. Haley Barbour and his swamp team used folks to pay dem voters “walking around” money to vote as Republicans in the primaries and it worked. Thad Cochran got back in, retired just months later, and the governor appointed Cindy Hyde-Smith to fill his place. She won the next election. She’s not a total loss, but she’s not Chris McDaniels. However, the entrenched GOP stole the people’s election from them in Mississippi in 2018 and I’ve never forgotten it.

  15. Just because you register independent doesn’t mean your actual vote changes,,you still vote the same,STUPIDS,,,if there’s less scumRat voters why would boebart be worried,I think fuck Joe Biden should be worried,,,,,,,FJB,,,,,,,
    sympl1

  16. California TRANSplants have ruined the state of Colorado. I lived there 30 yrs ago and could see the DEMORATS moving in and changing the political landscape. They ALL need to go back from the hellhole state they came from so they can all slip slide into the ocean together!

  17. I’m from one of those states that Dems consider to be “backwards” and full of dumb hillbillies, but we are smart enough to have ended open primaries years ago. Dems are corrupt and they always cheat, but now they are also deranged and desperate. Republicans need to wake up.

    1. The same is happening here in Wyoming. Dems changing over to Pubs so they can vote for Liz Cheney. Don’t think it will be effective here, from what I’m hearing most people here do not like Hageman but will vote for her to get rid of Cheney.

  20. She’s winning and there ain’t a f’ing thing you filthy lib c***s can do about it but cry.

    Wah wah wah!!!!

  21. Just another in the long list of dirty tricks Democrats play. If you can’t win legit . . . cheat.

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