TenuredVulture wrote:What's the deadline to register to vote in NY? When you register, you declare whether you're a Democrat or Republican right? And then you're good to go. I mean, I can see why it's good for parties to prevent people from switching or declaring themselves whatever whenever they want. Remember, as a group, independents are the least informed and least engaged voters. By failing to declare an allegiance with one party, they've indicated their lack of commitment to a set of political values. More states should do it like New York.

TenuredVulture wrote:Remember, as a group, independents are the least informed and least engaged voters.

Soren wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:Remember, as a group, independents are the least informed and least engaged voters.

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Donald J. Trump will host a news conference at Trump Tower when polls close around 9 p.m.
Hillary Clinton will host a primary night party at a hotel in Times Square.
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas looks forward to next week’s primary in Pennsylvania by holding his election night party in Philadelphia.
Gov. John Kasich of Ohio also puts New York behind him, visiting the Original Oyster House in Pittsburgh and holding a town-hall-style event in Annapolis, Md.
Senator Bernie Sanders is also in Pennsylvania, hosting rallies in Erie and at Penn State in University Park.

Representative Peter King declined to endorse any of the presidential candidates as New Yorkers headed to the polls on Tuesday, but he left no doubt about which one is his least favorite.

“I hate Ted Cruz,” Mr. King, the Republican from New York, said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program.

Mr. King said that he voted by absentee ballot for Gov. John Kasich of Ohio but that it did not qualify as an endorsement. He also said he expects Donald J. Trump to “win big,” but he is also holding off from endorsing the Manhattan businessman.

Still, it was evident that Mr. Cruz, the Texas Republican, would be his last choice.

“I think I’ll take cyanide if he got the nomination,” Mr. King said of Mr. Cruz.

If you kill Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial is at the Senate, no one will convict you

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Soren wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:Remember, as a group, independents are the least informed and least engaged voters.

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I'm an Independent. I like to think for myself and not let some stupid party make all my decisions. I vote in every election. Local, state and national. I vote for Republicans if they're the best choice and for Democrats if they're the best choice.

America is great again!!!

Soren wrote:

If you kill Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial is at the Senate, no one will convict you

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“All of this around here is Democratic,” said Pascual Cruz, 80, as he arrived at a polling station in Concourse Village, where by about 1 p.m., 744 Democrats and just five Republicans had cast ballots. Mr. Cruz said that he would vote for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary, and that he did not know any Republicans in the area.

This year New York has played a key role in the nominating contests for both parties. Republicans in particular are in a fight over each delegate, which would seem to make areas like the 15th District crucial, giving individual Republican voters outsize influence.

Despite that, the candidates made scant public appearances in the area. Senator Ted Cruz visited a diner in the Soundview section of the Bronx, and Gov. John Kasich ate lunch on Arthur Avenue. Donald J. Trump, the front-runner, largely focused his campaigning in Republican-rich areas upstate, on Staten Island and on Long Island.

“Wrong, wrong, wrong!” said Amy Benton, 58, with a hearty laugh, when asked if she had voted Republican, after casting her ballot at the Bronx Courthouse. She said she voted for Mrs. Clinton, although she said she had admiration for Mr. Trump “because he’s really not a politician.” She said she appreciated his unvarnished speaking style.

“I hope you find a Republican today,” Ms. Benton said as she walked away.

Asked what she thought the chances were, she laughed again: “None to never.”