If you are a Republican Can you vote democratic in the primary and main Presidential election?

Answer 1

Yes. The purpose of the primary election is to choose the nominees for the election in November. (However, if you move during the time between the two elections, you need to be sure that you are registered to vote at your new address. )

Answer 2

Yes, you can vote for a democrat in the primary and then for a republican in the November election. You will be affiliated with the Democratic party until December 31, 2008 though. But, because the candidates are all on the same ballot in the November election, you can choose whomever you want. I got this from the following website: http://www.texasgop.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Candidates Go to this website and click on the "Voter Information" link. From there, click on the ""New Voting in the Primary Elections and Participation in the Precinct Convention on March 4th"" link. I also pasted the info from that link below: If you are a registered voter in the state of Texas, you will simply choose your party and vote in that party's primary. To explain, we do not register by party in Texas. One becomes "affiliated" with a party by voting in a party's primary and the affiliation lasts for that primary year. As an example, if a voter voted in the March 2006 primary or April 2006 runoff primary, the voter affiliated with that party for the rest of that year, but on December 31, 2006 the affiliation expired. The affiliation means that the person may not vote in another party's primary or participate in another party's convention or sign an independent candidate's petition for place on the ballot if the independent candidate's position appears on the primary ballot. Note that in the general election in November, a voter may vote for whomever he/she wishes, regardless of how or whether he/she voted in the primary or runoff primary election, since all candidates are on the same ballot.

Answer 3

The great thing about the democratic system in America is that you can vote for whoever you want to vote for! The primaries limit you to vote within your political party (some states allow registered independents to vote for either party in a primary) but it has no bearing on your vote in the final election. It's just important that you actually get out there and exerciseyour right to vote!

Answer 4

The primary election is held to decide the candidacy for a particular party.Therefore the only way to decide the democratic nominee is to be a registered democrat. However in the main election you are allowed to vote for the party of your choice.

Answer 5

In the general election you may vote either party regardless of your vote in the primary.

Answer 6

At election time you can vote for any candidate you choose. The primary is about picking a party's candidate, not electing an official.

Answer 7

You can in most, if all not all states, all you have to is declare which party's ballot you want .

Answer 8

Yes