I'll believe it's a 'thing' when and if the Clinton V Trump polls start to tighten or flip from the current RCP average of 6.3% Clinton over Trump. When it was 3%, I said it would widen. Based upon little angels on my shoulder? 'I want it to'?

Nope. The intrinsic ability of Trump to alienate more people than he attracts.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-are-people-ch...ion-cycle/

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" It's unclear whether voters are switching parties to vote sincerely or to vote strategically, but we do see evidence that they're switching," said Costas Panagopoulos, a professor at Yale University this year, who also teaches at Fordham University, and studies voter behavior.

Because many Democrats might view Hillary Clinton as their likely nominee, he said they might choose to vote strategically to choose the weakest GOP opponent for her to face in the general election. It's also possible voters are making the switch because they do find Trump, or what they see in the Republican race, more appealing.

"It's unclear whether people are voting for Donald Trump because they want to vote for Donald Trump, or they're voting for Donald Trump because he would be a weaker candidate against the Democratic nominee," Panagopoulos added.

Another explanation for at least part of the high numbers changing parties in is that in some states it's much easier to do so now. Since late August, voters have been able to register online. Massachusetts, too allows online registration.

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